4 college student’s
unions support
ENCSU demand
DIMAPUR, MAY 18
(MExN): The Wangkhao Government College Students, Yingli College Students’
Union, Sao Chang College Students’ Union
and Zisaji Presidency
College Students’ Union
today expressed support
to the demand made by
the Eastern Nagaland
College Students’ Union
(ENCSU) on grievances
faced by the students of
the 4 colleges from Eastern Nagaland. A joint
statement from the 4
student unions said they
would stand with the
ENCSU until “justice is
done by the government
and the Higher Education Department.”
They informed that
students from the colleges of Eastern Nagaland have been facing
untold problems due
to the insincerity of the
government and the department. “When the
students from other districts are enjoying all the
facilities, we are deprived
from enjoying even the
basic necessity. We feel
that it is time for the government and the department to ponder upon
the problem faces by the
Eastern students and deliver the justice. We are
studying in our areas despite of all this problems
and grievances not because we want to but it is
a compulsion due to our
financial constraints,”
the unions stated.
Not even a single day
of our college days pass
without the problem,
they lamented, pointing
out concerns from teaching faculty and library facilities to transportation
and infrastructure. “But
shockingly, the government and the department want the enrollment of the colleges to
increase tremendously
when our institutions
are in such deplorable
condition. Had the government and the department treated us equally
to the rest of our brothers
and sisters from other districts, today there won’t
be problem in registration of students in the college,” the unions stated.

A local farmer from Aliba village is seen here selling his cucumbers and other farm produce from
his pickup truck at Salangtem New Market, Mokokchung. Aliba village, located about 20 kilometers from Mokokchung town along the Mokokchung-Mariani road is known for mass production
of cucumbers. (Morung Photo)

NH appeals GoI to view Naga issue
from social, economic perspective

DIMAPUR , MAY 18
(MExN): The Naga Hoho (NH)
today asked the Government of
India to look at the present situation in Nagaland from a social
and political perspective.
A press note from the Naga
Hoho said this while referring
to the recent actions of the National Investigating Agency
(NIA) in Nagaland, wherein it
had arrested state government
officials for “providing financial aid to different Naga political groups/ national workers...”
The Naga Hoho while acknowledging that the arrests
“may be the exercise of fulfilling constitutional provision

and the law of the land,” however, urged the different Indian
agencies to “look into the problems from social and political
perspective.”
“We strongly feel that be
it government employees or
businessman is providing the
assistance willingly or unwillingly but under compulsion
and therefore the arrested
government officials should
not be treated as law breakers.
In this regard, we strongly appeal to the NIA to ponder with
all seriousness and avoid misdemeanors while dealing with
such issues,” it asked.
The Naga Hoho also ex-

pressed concern at the reported arrest of the “wife and relatives” of Niki Sumi of NSCN
(K), in Manipur recently by the
Assam Rifles.
“Arresting of innocent Naga
people by armed forces and
putting under various sections
of infamous laws is unacceptable basing on the fact that such
inhuman act has been meted
out to the kith and kin of Naga
national workers even in the
past...” it stated. It also urged the
authorities to “discontinue with
the trial of those arrested persons and look beyond the horizon by realizing the plight and
rights of the people.”

DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): All the
intending candidates in 33 AC SuruhutoAsuto Area will be given a common platform to express themselves in a public
meeting from forthcoming elections.
With the objective of letting people
chose the leaders on the basis of ‘efficiency and capabilities,’ each candidate will be
given free and sufficient time to express
themselves in such public meetings.
“This will be the final judgment for the
fate of the candidate before casting vote,”
a statement from the ‘Apex Body/Committee unfair election’ of 33 AC SuruhutoAsuto Area informed.
The resolution, among others, was
passed during the Committee’s tour of all
29 villages under 33Assembly Constituency Suruhuto-Asuto from May 8-12.
“The Committee unfair election shall
take over and exercise the entire process
for holding common platform system in
each village basing on their programmes
and the meeting will be conduct by the
Apex Body/Committee unfair election,”
the statement said.
It also resolved to strictly prohibit purchasing and selling vote and opening of
election camp during state as well as parliamentary election.
Usages of alcohol and drugs as well as
coup system in particulars village violating the concept of free and fair election will
also be strictly penalised under ‘as per pro-

vision of election commission’, it added.
The Committee comprised of all the
apex organisations in the area including
Kukami Hobo (GB); Sulimi Totirni Loka
(STL); Students’ Union; Village Council
Chairmen; VDB Associations; Suruhuto
Area Public Organization; and Church
Leaders Fellowship (CLF).
Besides, it also includes village level
sub-committee from each village such
as VC Chairman; GBs; Village Students
Union; Member STL; Church Leaders and
Deacons and VDB Secretary.
The resolutions are aimed at conducting free and fair election in the forth coming Assembly election through the system
of common platform, the statement said.
“The main Aims and objective of the
campaign is to fulfill Election Commission
rules and to follow up the principle rule of
law in the forth coming 2018 Assembly
Election so that people can justly and elect
the good leader who posses honest intelligent and capable to fulfill the aspiration
and desires of the people by bringing all
around development,” it added.
Consequently, no candidate will be
allowed to open election camp and the
opening of individual or political party
camp is strictly ban as per committee resolution.
“The committee abolished coup system in particulars village violation village
shall take necessary action as per provision of election commission,” it added.
Purchasing and selling vote is strictly
prohibited as per the constitutional and
law of election commission, the statement
further informed.

PACSU bemoans lack of teachers in GHSS Pungro

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DIMAPUR, MAY 18
(MExN): The Pungro Area
College Students’ Union
(PACSU), the frontal student organization of Pungro sub-division, has taken
serious note over the deteriorating educational system at Government Higher
Secondary School, Pungro.
It stated that the government educational institution in question has been
confounded by shortage
of teaching faculty and the
dilapidated infrastructure.
The PACSU during an inspection had discovered
that the school was running with no teacher for
Political Science and So-

ciology while for English,
History and Education;
there was only one teacher
each to run the show.
The school has been
functioning without a Political Science teacher
since the up-gradation to
higher secondary and the
students were compelled
to bear the brunt. Left with
no choice, a local arrangement was made by NGOs to
employ a teacher to teach
Political Science till last
year, the students’ union
informed.
A representation to the
Director of School Education was also submitted by
the union stating the afore-

mentioned grievances.
However, the department
has paid no heed to the
appeal so far, the union alleged. Adding to the woes,
the department concerned
recently transferred out
a lone sociology teacher
without any alternate arrangement, it added.
The students’ union
also pointed out that the
pass percentage of HSLC
under Pungro Centre has
improved in leaps and
bound. As per the HSLC
result 2017, the number of
matric passed students under Pungro centre is 152.
When the growth of the
matric students in Pungro

is exponential; the depression of teachers in GHSS
Pungro is a vivid disparity,” the students’ union lamented.
In the light of above
mentioned facts and circumstances, the union
has demanded immediate deployment of at least
two (2) subject teachers
against each subject as it is
in other parts of Nagaland.
Failing to comply with the
demand, the “department
shall bear any untoward
eventuality which may occur due to the outburst of
students’ prolonged outcry,” the students’ union
has warned.

The Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF)
on Thursday attempted to brush
aside the suggested “threat”
posed by the newly formed political party- Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)—which has the
presence of stalwart politicians
and some prominent new faces,
and said it was “hardly bothered
and it barely threatens the NPF.”
“The NPF is less bothered by
the formation of the new party; in
fact, it has strengthened and consolidated the party because it has
‘filtered’ the party in its functioning, party system and even for the
upcoming elections, Achumbemo Kikon, spokesperson for the
NPF told media persons during
a press conference held at Hotel
Japfu in Kohima.
Citing the example of the AGP
(Progressive) Party in Assam
formed by a former Chief Minister which had lost in the previous elections, Kikon considered
the newly formed party a coincidence in naming its party ‘Progressive,’ and said no aspiring
candidate (s) would vie for this
party’s ticket because “these are
the bad omens that people have
experienced using the term progressive.”
NPF Vice President, Zaku
Tsiikrii said the people who
organized the new party are
“mostly desperadoes who have
been trying to contest the election but could not get ticket.” He

also claimed that majority of the
members of DPP are not from
NPF, and only two or three persons from NPF has joined the
party.
Also clarifying on the repeated statements from the Nagaland
Pradesh Congress Committee
(NPCC) of NPF party being divided into NPF right and left, Kikon
said there is “no such thing as
NPF right or NPF left, there is only
one NPF that is led by the President Dr Shurhozelie.”
“This statement by the NPCC
is just a figment of imagination.
It’s totally false. They have no issue to raise against NPF party
or the present government;
therefore they want to misdirect
the common people,” the NPF
spokesperson said.
On the prospect of BJP’s alliance the NPF in the next election,
Kikon said the party is open to
having alliances with like-minded parties. “We remain true to our
alliances. We don’t backtrack to
our commitment.”
Scheduling of by-election
depends on the Cabinet
The NPF is also yet to decide
on the dates for the by-election
of Nagaland Chief Minister Dr
Shurhozelie Liezietsu. “We will
go in accordance with the election norms. We will take the right
decision at the right time. We
are considering which way is the
best,” Kikon said without going
into details.
With the duration of the pres-

ent NLA coming to end on March
13, 2018, the question of rescheduling the general election to an
earlier date, according to Kikon,
would depend on the situation
in the country since some States
have Assembly elections coming
up by December end of 2017.
“Normally the Election Commission prefers to have election
with as much States as they can
organize so if options are given,
we will see which way we should
opt for. That option should be given to us. They can’t just impose
on us,” the NPF spokesperson
maintained.
He also mentioned that the
Cabinet has not yet deliberated
on the issue, adding the decision
would depend on the Cabinet,
who has the prerogative to recommend for early election.
NPF office issue
Fresh controversies had recently emerged over the proposal
of the NPF office to be shifted to the
Capital Convention Centre. Kikon
attempted to clarify that the proposal was submitted with the idea
that the Center, if shifted to the current NPF office near Hotel Japfu
would be more lucrative since the
location is better for commercial
and business purposes.
“They will gain more benefits
if shifted here,” claimed Kikon
adding that the “present building of NPF is as good as the Capital convention Center building.”
The government, however, is yet
to decide, he said.

CHILDLINE Dimapur along with Femina Miss India Nagaland 2017, Kaheli Chophy at Govt.
High School Nito.

DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): With the
objective of sensitizing students on education and child rights, CHILDLINE Dimapur in collaboration with Femina Miss India Nagaland, Kaheli Chophy, conducted
a awareness programme at Vitoyi Memorial School and Government High School
Nito, under Nuiland sub division of Dimapur District on May 18.
The students and teachers in both the
schools were briefed about CHILDLINE
1098, a toll free 24x7 helpline outreach service for children in need of care and protection and its activities, by CHILDLINE counselor Aligha V Yeptho, a press note informed.
As a part of her Femina Miss India 2017
project “beauty with a purpose,” Kaheli
Chophy, spoke on the importance of education and interacted with the students

ECI to launch special
enrollment drive
To target youngsters in
18-19 years age group
kohIMA, MAY 18 (DIPR): The ECI has
decided to launch a Special Drive in all
the States from July 1, 2017 to July 31, 2017
for maximization of enrolment of eligible
young electors, particularly in 18-19 years
age group and has directed to launch a
comprehensive SVEEP campaign for enrolment with special focus on first time
electors of above age group.
Special focus should be given to Para
B (g) under Youth Enrolment (inclusive
of newly eligible), wherein, the ECI has
stated that the second phase of ‘Interactive School Engagement’ is to be integrated with this special drive. The 1st phase of
Interactive School Engagement was done
in January, 2017. The period for this exercise shall be carried out within a month,
every year in two phases as given:
1st Phase - January, ahead of the National Voters’ Day: It is also instructed that
colleges should mandatorily issue admission forms with Form 6 to students.
Hence, respective DEOs shall tie up with
all colleges (Govt, or recognized private)
for the same.
2nd Phase - July, ahead of the Summary Revision: Regarding Special Campaign
dates for Educational Institutes (colleges &
schools/vocational training institutes like
B.Ed colleges, training institutions and
Polytechnic Colleges), two working days
in July shall be appointed for all the DEOs
of Nagaland after some days.
A report on the number of schools
covered district wise should be submitted to the Office of the CEO in prescribed
format for onward submission to the
ECI. The databank of the Questionnaires
should be maintained on the DEO's website along with the answers for reference
and record.

and teachers, it said.
She also stressed on child sexual abuse
and pointed out the four personal spaces
of a person, it added.
The Naga beauty queen taught the
students the mechanism to create a safe
and secure environment for themselves as
well as differentiating between a ‘good and
bad touch.’ She also urged the students to
share with others, especially their siblings
about the same.
Pamphlets for further information on
CHILDLINE as well as wall clocks and
sweets were also distributed in both the
schools.
The headmasters of both the schools
expressed their gratitude towards CHILDLINE Dimapur and Kaheli Chophy for
their visit, the press note added.

Kohima, May 18: Four Naga
science students are all set
to touch Japanese soil as
part of Japan-Asia youth
exchange programme in
science (Sakura exchange
programme in science).
This programme is an
initiative of Japan Science
& Technology Agency (JST)
and organized by RMSA
Nagaland.
The four students are
- Bemang M Chang, Monchon S. Khiamniungan (
both from Government
Higher Secondary School,
Tuensang), and Limainla
Kichu, Sakurepba (both
from Mayangnokcha Government Higher Secondary
School Mokokchung).
The team will be led
by Medosalie, supervisor
for Sakura Exchange Programme & PGT, RGHSS
Kohima.
Speaking at the orientation programme here this
afternoon at DUDA Guest
House, Neposo Theluo,

Four students pose for camera with Neposo Thuluo and others. (Morung Photo)

secretary, department of
school education, Government of Nagaland said it
is golden opportunity for
students to experience the
technology advanced country like Japan and complimented RMSA Nagaland
for roping such package for
Nagaland.
He said that very few
number of science students opt for research work
while majority go for professional courses like doctor and engineers.
Toward this end, Theluo

challenged the students to
aim for becoming scientists
and technologists and contribute to the society.
“A time has come to
go for specialization,” he
maintained.
Limawabang Aier, state
mission director RMSA Nagaland said that those four
students were selected purely
on merit basis. They will gather scientific development in
Japan during this exposure
trip and on return submit the
activities to the RMSA.
Asano Sekhose, chair-

man Nagaland Board of
School Education asked the
students to get maximum
benefit from this exposure
trip and always show good
behavior to others during
their stay in Japan.
Thekielie Keditsu, deputy mission director State
Mission Authority, SSA Nagaland and Dr. Kevi Rio,
joint mission director RMSA
Nagaland also spoke at the
orientation programme.
Earlier, the function
was chaired by Lhoukuo
Chiisi, assistant mission

director, RMSA.
It is pertinent to mention that Sakura Exchange
Programme is an initiative
of JST to enhance exchange
between the youth of Japan
and rest of Asia.
These youth will play
a crucial role in the future
field of science and technology through close collaboration of industry-academiagovernment by facilitating
short term visit of competent
Asian youth to Japan.
Under this science high
school programme, the students will be provided an
opportunity to see the most
advanced scientific technology of Japan and meet
outstanding scientists.
They will leave for Delhi
from Dimapur on May 19
and thereafter, will embark
for Japan on May 21 along
with other students and officials from other states under the guidance of Ministry of Human Resource
Development (MHRD).
The team will return to
Delhi on May 27 and back
to Dimapur on May 28.

MMC informs on waste disposal in Mkg PAC to undertake

MokokchUNg, MAY 18
(DIPR): ADC & Administrator, Mokokchung Municipal
Council, Sachin Jaiswal IAS,
has once again informed to
all citizens in and around
Mokokchung town that the
old MMC dumping zone
located at Tsukjongkong,
near Ungma village is not
using since January 2, 2017.
Therefore throwing of all
kinds of waste materials is
Participants and trainers during an ongoing Community First Responder prohibited.
The new MMC dump(CFR) training organised in various sub-divisions across Longleng district.
The training is conducted by Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority ing zone is located at “Saand DDMA Longleng.
bangkabamenchen” 7 Km

away from old Mokokchung-Tuensang road junction in Mokokchung village jurisdiction for MMC
Dumpers and pickup
trucks of the designated
wards. Other than these,
any one/party who wants
to throw their garbage in
the said dumping zone
must take permission from
MMC.
Further, it is observed
that some unidentified
persons are throwing garbage on the road side before reaching the MMC

dumping spot. Anyone
caught doing such illegal
practice shall be penalized
by the concerned authority. Moreover, no one is allowed to throw death animals in the main dumping
zone and the dumping
boxes located within town.
Respective ward authorities have also been
requested to maintain the
standing order of prohibiting dumping of waste materials in open space, drainage and roadsides within
their jurisdiction.

Nearly 99% of enterprises in the northeast are micro and in the case of Nagaland it could be more than 99%, a
SIDBI official informed today.
Deputy General Manager, SIDBI,
Guwahati, Sanjeev Gupta said this
while inaugurating the MEPP office as
the chief guest here at Dimapur today.
Sponsored by Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI),
Guwahati Regional Office, the Micro
Enterprises Promotion Programme
(MEPP) was launched at Alaphra
Group Conference Hall, Dimapur.
MEPP was a flagship programme of
SIDBI for capacity building, Gupta said
but informed that SIDBI do not directly
fund entrepreneurs but works in collaboration with other credit linkage banks.
The implementing agency for Dimapur has been given to Alaphra
Group which has been given a target
of grounding 200-250 units, he added.

Gupta said any unit set up under
MEPP should be in sync with the local
resources available and expressed the
hope that Alaphra Group would identify budding entrepreneurs and provide
market linkage.
He also urged entrepreneurs to take

advantage of the project sincerely and
not for the sake of getting subsidy. It was
pointed out that 99% of enterprises in the
northeast were micro and that in the case
of Nagaland it could be more than 99%.
At the event, speeches were also given by State Coordinator, Indian Institute

DIMAPUR, MAY 18
(MExN): NLA Pubic Account Committee will carry out ‘On the Spot Verification” of various projects
under Home (PEP) and
15th NAP (IR) Battalions in
connection with examination of C&AG of India Report 2013-14.
The Committee will be
lead by PAC Chairman Nagaland Legislative Assembly, CM Chang along with
Commissioner & Secretary and 13 other Officials
and Staff, informed a press
note from Commissioner
& Secretary N Benjamin
Newmai.
The Committee will
inspect Home (PEP) from
9-10 and 15th NAP (IR)
Battalions on May 22 and
27, it said.
It will also visit the 9th
NAP (IR) Battalion Saijang
Peren district and 15th
NAPO (IR) Mahila Battalion Mpetsa, Dimapur on
May 22. On 27 May, the
PAC will visit 10th NAP
(IR) Battalion Zhadima.,
Kohima.
In this regard, the PAC
has also directed all the
concerned Department
representatives to be present at the project sites with
relevant information to assist the committee as per
the programme.
All the PAC members
are also requested to participate in the verification
exercise it added.

Every problem is an opportunity for entrepreneurs
‘Entrepreneurship boot camp’ held in Dimapur

DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): As
entrepreneurs, everything is a business opportunity and not problems,
attendees of an ‘Entrepreneurship
boot camp’ were told here today at
Anaki Hall, Dimapur.
The boot camp was organised
by ‘Nagaland Startups’ in collaboration with ‘YouthNet’ and Bangalorebased ‘Quest Alliance’ for startups
and aspiring entrepreneurs.
In the workshop, resource persons from the three firms gave advices and tips on entrepreneurship;
their experiences; and problems and
challenges faced by them doing business in Nagaland.
Director, YouthNet, Lezo Putsure,
started his presentation by asking the
entrepreneurs to list the problems
afflicting Nagaland and the notable
answers included unemployment,
taxation, irregular power supply, bad
roads and transportation problems,
bad sanitation, corruption/nepotism, idleness and lack of skills.
The YouthNet director said for entrepreneurs, these problems should
be viewed as opportunities as lots
of business and entrepreneurial avenues can be opened through these
problems.
“As entrepreneurs, everything is a
business opportunity and not problems,” Lezo said and cited examples
of Naga entrepreneurs making the
most out of the so-called problems.
He said in Kiphire, two local en-

trepreneurs are doing brisk business
by supplying drinking water through
private pipelines to residents of Kiphire town. The problem of the government poor water supply system
has proved to be a boon for the two
entrepreneurs, he said.
Likewise, in Wokha town, Lezo
said another local entrepreneur has
converted the problem of constant
power failures and blackouts in the
town into an ideal business opportunity by selling inverters.
In Kohima too, a group of entrepreneurs have successfully en-

trenched themselves in pork business after people complained of
unfair practices and not getting meat
of their choice in the usual butcher
shops. These entrepreneurs charge
some extra money but they provide
clean and choice meat with accurate
weight so that customers are switching to them for buying meat, he said.
Lezo also said the business approach of Nagas and non-Nagas are
quite opposite and said whereas the
usual formula of non-Nagas is income-savings-expenses, the Naga
approach is income-expenses-savings.
This approach of the Nagas to
spend first before savings has proved
to be the downfall of many Naga businessmen and entrepreneurs, he reminded.
He further advised the young entrepreneurs and startups to be thorough and know the “numbers” and
figures of their respective businesses
including investment, earnings and
expenses if their business is to survive
or make profit.
Earlier, Heiko Kent of Nagaland
Startups delivered the welcome note.
Nagaland Startups, a firm run by three
friends Heiko, Akato A Rochill and
Atohoto Zhimo, is a community of entrepreneurs specialized in branding,
logo design, connecting and collaborating with entrepreneurs and act as
accelerators between entrepreneurs/
employers and funding agencies.

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Manipur tripartite talks to resume Friday

REMEMBRANCE

1 DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR
ST

BELOVED ATSUNGLA (TUTU JAMIR)

Newmai News Network
Senapati | May 18

“Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us everyday. Unseen,
unheard but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear”.

The United Naga Council (UNC), the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) and
the State Government of
Manipur are all set to resume the ‘tripartite talks’
on the district creation issue on Friday, May 19, at
Senapati town, some 70 km
north of Imphal.
According to sources, an
11-member UNC team will
be led by its President Gaidon Kamei while Satyendra
Garg, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),
in charge of North East will
lead the Government of India team. It is not clear who
is going to lead the Manipur

Beloved Tutu
The smile on your face still takes our breath away
So much joy and happiness you brought to our lives
Know that your light still burns bright like the stars in the night sky.
Your love inspires us to live on, your kind deeds we remember
So, forerunner to Heaven, light up your eternal home.
Like the way you lit up our earthly camp.
Only much brighter still.
Loving,
Husband, Children, Mom, Dad and all loved ones

The Viswema Gazetted Officers’ Krotho (VGOK), with
immense pride and honour would like to extend our
heartiest congratulations to Ms. Kerivile Rhetso for
clearing the NPSC Exam to the Post of Post Graduate
Teacher (Class II Gazetted), thereby, becoming a
member of this August Krotho. We wish her more
success in all her future endeavours.

Secretary
Viswema Gazetted Officers’ Krotho

President
Viswema Gazetted Officers’ Krotho

Newmai News Network

Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF), an apex body of displaced Bru people staying in seven refugee camps in north Tripura district
has recently appealed to the Supreme
Court and accused two civil bodies of
Mizoram----Young Mizo Association
(YMA) and Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP)---of ill treating the Bru refugees.
A statement issued by YMA said
that it strongly took exception to the
allegation leveled by the Bru body
against the two civil bodies and was
unhappy that they have been allegedly projected as a militant group torturing the refugees.
According to the YMA statement,
he MBDPF, in its petition to the Supreme Court against the government of
Mizoram, Tripura and Election Commission of India over Bru repatriation

Imphal, may 18
(pTI): Twin blasts were
reported from two districts, Chandel and
Imphal West, in Manipur, police said today.
However, no casualty was reported, they
said. Unidentified miscreants triggered an
Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) at Moreh
ground in the border
town in Chandel district
late last night, police
said.
Another grenade
explosion was reported
early this morning at
the gate of the residence
of one Wahengbam
Shamu Singh at Singjamei Chingamakha in
Imphal West district,
police said adding that
the reason behind the
blast was yet to be ascertained.
Investigations were
on, police said.

ing that it will also look into Aadhar
enrollment of Bru conducted by Tripura government if need be.
The Brus are lodged in the seven
relief camps in North Tripura district
since the later part of 1997 following
exodus from Mizoram due to communal tension. Several attempts to
repatriate them failed due to several
reasons.
The repatriation process which
was scheduled to begin from February last year was put on hold as the
Supreme Court directed the Mizoram
and Tripura governments and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) not to go
ahead with it following the appeal
and demands raised by MBDPF.
At the time of identification of Bru
refugees conducted during November 2 – 23 last year, Mizoram officials
identified 32,857 Bru people belonging to 5,413 families for physical repatriation.

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level”. The one month’s time was re-affirmed.
had lapsed on April 19.
The UNC publicity
wing stated that yesterUNC reaffirms
day’s meeting resolved to
severance of political ties urge all “Naga people in
Meanwhile, the ‘presi- the south” not to indulge
dential council’ meeting of in activities or engage
the UNC has re-affirmed in speeches or policies
the July 1, 2010 Naga Peo- which may infringe or afple’s Convention (NPC) fect the declaration made
declaration on “severance on July 1, 2010. “We urge
of political ties" with the all the Naga organizaGovernment of Manipur.
tions and individuals in
According to the pub- the south to maintain the
licity wing of the UNC, ‘severance of ties with the
the ‘presidential council’ Manipur Government’
meeting which was held on declaration,” said the
May 17 at Senapati town, UNC publicity wing. “At
deliberated on issues “con- this crucial stage any kind
fronting the Nagas in the of activities that may affect
south.” At the end of the the Naga future should be
day-long meeting the July avoided by the people,”
1, 2010, NPC declaration the UNC added.

has accused YMA and MZP of intimidating and maltreating the refugees.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court
has asked both YMA and MZP to
clarify on the allegation leveled by the
MBDPF latest by May 8. However, the
leaders of YMA and MZP could not
appear before the Apex Court within
a stipulated time as they received the
letter lately, the YMA said. Accordingly, the Supreme Court gave eightweek additional time to the two civil
bodies to make clarification.
Leaders of YMA said that they had
contacted an advocate to represent the
two civil bodies and planned to make
clarification within the given time.
“We have decided to make clarification on the allegation and apprise
the Apex Court of what truth is. The
executive meeting of Central YMA
on May 16 has agreed to pursue the
matter with immediate effect,” the
statement issued by YMA said, add-

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ade were recognised as
non-adherence to the four
Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and the
Government of India’s assurance on the matter”.
In that talk the Manipur
government agreed to
“start consultation with all
stakeholders to redress the
same”. Following this, the
UNC lifted the four and a
half months old economic
blockade on the National
Highways linking Manipur from the midnight of
March 19.
In the last tripartite talk
on March 19 in Senapati, it
was agreed that the “next
round of tripartite talks
will be resumed within a
month’s time at political

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Government team.
The talks will be held
at the office of the Deputy
Commissioner, Senapati
from 10:30 am.
Meanwhile, security
measures have been enhanced in the district headquarters of Senapati since
Thursday evening ahead of
the ‘tripartite talks’.
UNC president, Gaidon
Kamei reiterated today that
the position from their side
is clear on the issue. He also
asserted that “whatever
may be the reason there is
no question of compromising our stand and position”.
In the March 19 tripartite talk the “grievances of
UNC that led to the imposition of economic block-

The Mao Hoho Nagaland, the Mao Hoho Dimapur and
the Mao Women Hoho Dimapur extend our heartiest
congratulations to the Rank Holders of the HSSLC and
HSLC examinations, 2017 under NBSE.
1. Mr. Eloziio M. Sapriina, 1st Top Position in the HSSLC
in Arts and securing the highest marks in Political
Science and Psychology.
2. Mr. Tokho Kadete, 7th Top Position in the HSSLC in
Arts and securing the second highest mark in History.
3. Miss. Modoyini L Krichena, 19th Top Position in the
HSLC.
4. Miss. Areni Arche, 19th Top Position in the HSCL.
Further, the Hohos wish the other Mao successful
candidates for their achievements and pray that the
Almighty God continuously shower His blessings upon
you all in your endeavours.
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APOLOGY
With remorse, I, Imlikaba Lkr sincerely apologise to all the persons
whom I have misrepresented, mislead and even deceived by
taking advantage of their kindness and goodwill. I particularly
regret and apologise for taking money for my personal use in the
name of organisations engaged in God’s work. I have realized
that my deeds have caused great hardships and pain and I am
unworthy of your forgiveness. However, I pray to all of you, if
possible, to forgive me for my shameful deeds.
Sincerely,
Imlikaba Lkr

Regd. No: 1042/17

AFFIDAVIT

Date: 17/05/17

I, Mr.Viziengu Vupru, S/o Mr. Kiyangulie Vupru, resident of House No.
599, Lane- 05, ‘B’ Khel, Kuda Village, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby
solemnly affirm and state an oath as follows:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India. 2. That my name was written
and printed as Viziengu Vüprü Angami in my passport bearing No.
B5292I85, and in all my academic records and certificates including
my HSLC Admit Card instead of Viziengu Vupru. 3. That, in my
Aadhaar Card bearing No. 4257 4277 2935, and in my PAN Card
bearing AIVPV6706H, my name was written and recorded as Viziengu
Vupru, S/o Mr. Kiyangulie Vupru. 4. That, this affidavit is sworn for the
purpose of making correction and change my official name to Viziengu
Vupru, son of Kiyangulie Vupru and not as Viziengu Vüprü Angami,
son of Kiyangulie Vüprü Angami. 5. That I shall be known, called and
identified as Mr. Viziengu Vupru, son of Kiyangulie Vupru for all official
purpose and intents.

Deponent

Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this 17th day of May, 2017

GM to stop selling vehicles in India, focus on exports
New Delhi, May 18
(Pti): American auto major
General Motors today decided
to stop selling its vehicles in India as there was no turnaround
in its fortunes here after struggling for over two decades to
make a mark.
The company will now focus on exporting vehicles from
its manufacturing plant at Talegoaon in Maharashtra after it
stopped production at its first
plant at Halol in Gujarat last
month.
The decision follows a
comprehensive review of future product plans for GM India and is part of a series of actions taken by General Motors
to address the performance of
its operations worldwide, the
company said in a statement.
It has also exited from four
other international markets,
including Russia and Europe.
GM Executive Vice President and President of GM Inter-

Eyeing bigger market share, Geely’s Volvo Cars
to start assembly operations in India this year
StOCKhOlM, May 18 (ReuteRS):
Geely-owned automaker Volvo Cars said on
Thursday it would start vehicle assembly operations in India this year aiming to grab a bigger
share of the country’s fast-growing premium
car segment.
Bought by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding
Group from Ford Motor Co. in 2010, Volvo has
invested in new models and plants to secure a
niche in the premium auto market dominated
by Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Volvo
Cars said it will be working together with Volvo
Group in India, using the truck maker’s infrastructure and production licences, but disnational Stefan Jacoby said that
after exploring many options the
company determined that the
increased investment originally
planned for India would not deliver the returns of other significant global opportunities.
“It would also not help us

closed no financial details.
“Starting vehicle assembly in India is an
important step for Volvo Cars as we aim to
grow our sales in this fast-growing market
and double our market share in the premium segment in coming years,” Volvo Cars
Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson said in
a statement.
The company’s main car production plants
are currently located in Sweden, Belgium and
China. Volvo Cars has a premium segment
share of roughly 5 percent, and aims to double
it by 2020. Volvo’s sales in India rose 24 percent
in 2016 to over 1,400 cars

achieve a leadership position
or compelling, long-term profitability in the domestic market,” he added.
GM sales in India were
down nearly 21 per cent in
2016-17 to 25,823 units. Its production however grew about

16 per cent to 83,368 units most
of which were exported.
In 2015, GM had announced plans to invest USD
1 billion to enhance manufacturing operations and roll out
10 locally produced models in
India while deciding to stop

production at its first plant at
Halol in Gujarat.
However, struggling to
make a turnaround in India,
the company put on hold the
plan and undertook a full review of its future product portfolio here.
The company informed
employees of General Motors
India about the decision. It,
however, did not disclose how
many of the would be affected
by the development.
Sources, however, said the
decision would affect a minimum of 200 employees.
GM India President and
Managing Director Kaher Kazem said going forward focus
for the company’s manufacturing base at Talegaon would
be “export markets, upcoming
export vehicle launches and
exploring longer-term strategic options”.
GM sells Chevrolet brand
of vehicles in India.

World’s rich confident they can I-T Dept publishes names of Delhi
scale wall of global risk – survey defaulters owing over Rs 10 cr in taxes
lONDON, May 18 (ReuteRS): The global economic,
financial and political landscape
has never been shakier, but the
world’s rich are confident they can
steer through the fog of uncertainty in the coming year “without so
much as a dent in their finances”, a
survey showed on Wednesday.
The findings of UBS Wealth
Management’s survey of more
than 2,800 millionaires in seven
countries show a high degree of
worry about the global financial
system on the one hand, and supreme self-confidence and optimism on the other.
Some 82% of those surveyed
said this is the most unpredictable period in history. More than a
quarter are reviewing their investments and almost half said they intend to but haven’t yet done so.
But more than three quarters
(77%) believe they can “accurately
assess financial risk arising from
uncertain events”, while 51%expect
their finances to improve over the
coming year compared with 13%
who expect them to deteriorate.
More than half (57%) are optimistic about achieving their longterm goals, compared with 11% who
are pessimistic. And an overwhelming 86% trust their own instincts
when making important decisions.
“Most millionaires seem to be
confident they can steer their way

through the turbulence without so
much as a dent in their finances,”
UBS WM said.
“They identify economic and
financial risks as their big concerns
and they have serious doubts about
the world’s corporate and financial
system. And yet, they stride into the
future with assurance,” the report
said.
Among the other findings, 68%
say they suffer from “information
overload” as they make their investment decisions, and nearly
three quarters (72 pct) say shortterm distractions get in the way of
their financial plans.
Still, the report highlighted
some aspects of their investment
behaviour that could ultimately
work against them. For instance,
75% of those surveyed see cash as
a safe option, “even though it will
perform poorly compared with
other asset classes in the context of
rising inflation.”
Perhaps surprisingly, younger
millionaires are more risk-averse
than their older peers. Nearly half
of the 18-34 year old group are less
willing to take risks after the financial crisis, compared to less than 30
percent of the over-65 bracket.
The study surveyed 2,842 millionaires, with investable assets of
at least $1 million, in Hong Kong,
Japan, Singapore, Mexico, Italy,
Switzerland and Britain.

New Delhi, May 18
(iaNS): As part of its strategy to “name and shame”
big defaulters, the Income
Tax Department on Thursday published names of five
entities who owe over Rs 10
crore in taxes.
Through advertisements
issued in leading dailies, the
department published its
latest list of income tax and
corporate tax defaulters, all
based in Delhi, along with
details like PAN card number, last known address and
assessment range and de-

New Delhi, May 18 (iaNS): Software
industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom)
on Thursday dismissed as incorrect reports
of mass layoffs by IT companies in India.
The industry body said the numbers being
reported with regard to layoffs across different sources are not in line with the actual employment progression. “In fact, the industry
continues to be a net hirer with talent acquisition continuing across sectors. In 2016-17, the
industry added 170,000 new jobs (600,000 in
last three years) and today boasts of a total em-

Nearly 17 million Zomato accounts stolen
New Delhi, May 18 (iaNS): About 17 million Zomato user
records were stolen from their database which includes email addresses and hashed passwords, the company said on Thursday.”No
payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked.
Payment related information on Zomato is stored separately from
this (stolen) data in a highly secure PCI Data Security Standard (DSS)
compliant vault,” Zomato said in a blog post on Thursday. So far, it
looks like an internal (human) security breach -- some employee’s
development account got compromised, the post added.
As a precaution, the company has reset the passwords for all affected users and logged them out of the app and website. The team at
Zomato was actively scanning all possible breach vectors and closing
any gaps. This is not the first time that Zomato has been hacked. In
2015, the company was hacked by a white hat hacker who reported
the details back to the company which later addressed the weaknesses. This time, the details may be sold online.

Apple begins assembling iPhone SE in Bengaluru
MuMbai, May 18 (ReuteRS): Apple Inc has begun assembling
its low-priced iPhone SE at its contract manufacturer’s plant in the
technology hub of Bengaluru, the company said in a statement. Cupertino, California-based Apple, is keen to boost its market share in
one of the world’s fastest growing mobile phone markets as sales lag
in Asian powerhouse China.
“We are beginning initial production of a small number of iPhone
SE in Bengaluru,” Apple said in the statement, adding the phone
would be available locally for sale this month. In February, Reuters
reported that Apple’s Taiwanese manufacturing partner Wistron
Corp will assemble the iPhone SE in India by April-end or beginning
of May.

New Delhi, May 18 (Pti): Consumers would soon be able to
buy energy efficient LED bulbs, tubelights and ceiling fans at petrol pumps at much lower retail rates. The consumer would get the
LED bulb for Rs 65, tubelight for Rs 230 and ceiling fan at Rs 1,150.
These appliances would be sourced by the three state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) -- Hindustan Petroleum, Indian Oil and
Bharat Petroleum -- from the state-run Energy Efficiency Services
Ltd (EESL).
The OMCs and EESL was to ink Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the EESL today for selling these appliances but it was
postponed due to the demise of Environment Minister Anil Madhav
Dave, a senior official said.
The new date for signing the MoU would be finalised soon after
which it will take a month to make these products available at petrol
pumps.
The three OMCs have over 53,000 petrol pumps across the country. However, it is not decided whether the appliances would be eventually made available on all petrol pumps of these companies or not.

MuMbai, May 18 (iaNS): After three consecutive days of record
highs during the week, the Indian equity markets slipped on Thursday
tracking bearish global cues, a weak rupee and heavy selling pressure
in automobile, capital goods and consumer durables stocks. According to market observers, investors were also cautious over the ongoing
two-day meet of the Good and Services Tax (GST) Council in Srinagar,
which will finalise tax slabs on services and commodities in the country. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) fell
below its important psychological level of 9,500 points to provisionally
close at 9,420.90 points -- down 104.85 points or 1.10 per cent.
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE shed 252.29
points or 0.82 per cent to provisionally close at 30,406.48 points (at
3.30 p.m.).The Sensex touched a high of 30,575.83 points and a low of
30,393.72 points during intra-day trade. The BSE market breadth was
bearish -- with 2,043 declines and 702 advances. On Wednesday, the
BSE Sensex closed at a new high of 30,658.77 points after an intra-day
high of 330,692.45 points, and the NSE Nifty at a new high of 9,525.75
points with an intra-day high of 9,532.60 points.

Petrol pumps to sell LED, tubelights, ceiling fans soon

ployee base of 3.9 million (95,000-100,000 in
start-ups and 50,000-60,000 in e-commerce),”
it said in a statement.
“The sector remains one of the largest
employers of the nation. While there is a
gentle deceleration in the net hiring growth
rate due to shifting focuses towards innovation, lower attrition and enhanced efficiencies, the sector continues to hire fresh
as-well-as lateral employees in equal proportion thus indicating the opportunities
for employment at the entry as well as the
mid-management level.”

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vertisements.
In March, the department
had made public the names
of individuals and corporates
who owe Rs 448 crore in taxes
to the government. However,
most of these assessees remain untraceable.
The department, beginning last financial year,
had decided to “name and
shame” all taxpayers who
have a default of Rs one
crore and above. The earlier exercise was restricted
to people with defaults of
about Rs 20-30 crore.

Reports of mass layoffs by Indian
IT companies incorrect: Nasscom

leisure

SUDOKU

faulted amount of tax.
The total taxes due by
these five defaulters is Rs
10.27 crore, the notice said.
“The entries in the list
are specific to the tax arrears
and assessment year mentioned. The tax defaulter’s
address, business, shareholding and management
may have changed,” the notice issued by the Principal
Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (New Delhi) said.
“Defaulters are advised
to pay tax arrears immediately,” said the full page ad-

ChESSorE, may 18
(mExN): The 4th Eastern Nagaland Women Organisation
(ENWO) General Conference
was held at Chessore village in
Tuensang district on May 17
and 18.
The early monsoon in the
region did not deter enthusiastic members from attending
the meet as the conference saw
a good number of contingents
from ENWO federating units.
Chessore village is considered
one of the largest village of Yimchungru tribe with 1357 households and is 57 kms away from
Tuensang HQ.
Chairman DAN & Advisor
Finance, T.R. Zeliang was the
Chief Guest on the inaugural
day while Minister of Power C.
Kipili Sangtam was the Guest of
Honour.
The YWO welcomed the
chief guest with their traditional welcoming folk song.
The programme also witnessed
Changsao Thangjem Sethsang
(CTS) presenting a folk fusion
and the Khiamniungan Menyiu
Hoikam (KMH) presenting the
‘One Act Play’.
Shamator-Chessore 58 A/C
MLA R. Tohanba welcomed
the participants of ENWO General Conference on behalf of
Chessore public and NPF Government. He appreciated the
ENWO officials and organising
committee for selecting Chessore as the venue and at the

same time expressed regret for
the inconvenient roads.
Conveying that the present
Government is serious on 33%
women reservation in Urban
Local Bodies (ULB) for the uplift and progress of women in
society, Tohanba lamented the
unfortunate disruption to the
elections arising out of misunderstandings with local NGOS.
He stated that 33% women reservation will be the
backbone of Eastern Nagaland Women development

MEx FILE
Lerie Panchayat informs
Kohima, may 18 (mExN): The Lerie Panchayat has
informed that there will be a mass social work in the colony from 6:00 am to 8:00 am on May 20. The work shall
be in between National Highway, Lerie Panchayat Gate
and Heliport in the Colony. In this regard, no vehicle shall
be allowed to ply during the social working hours except
emergency case, school going vehicles and buses, a press
release informed. Failure to comply with the directive
would result in a penalty being imposed, it cautioned.

Pensioners of Kohima (South) informed
Kohima, may 18 (mExN): All the Pensioners both
(Life & Family) drawing pension from Sr. Treasury Office
Kohima (South) has been informed that the Physical verification will be held from June 1 to 30 at the Sr. Treasury
Office Kohima (South) during office hours. All the Pensioners are to appear for Physical verification along with
PPO book, renewed 1/Card and Bank account Passbook,
failing which payment will be stopped, a press release issued by Laochuba Pongener, Sr. TReasury Officer, Kohima South Treasury stated.

AIDS candlelight memorial on May 21

and encouraged the women
gathered to know and fight for
their rights.
He added that ULB elections will be held in the near
future with better understanding and sensitizing of the Municipal Act with NGOs and
the public and in this regard,
sought cooperation from concern stakeholders.
DAN Chairman, TR Zeliang
on his way to Chessore village
for the ENWO meet halted at
Huker, the native village of R.

Tohanba for a few hours and
interacted with the public,
church elders, village council
and youths.
In a short public address,
Zeliang expressed gratefulness for the warm welcome by
the Huker cultural troupe and
further stated that the present Government is serious on
Youth and women development. Zeliang then proceeded
to inaugurate the KephoreShiponger road under PMGSY
scheme at Huker Junction.

TuENSaNG, may 18
(mExN): DAN Chairman & Advisor (Finance), TR Zeliang has
called on the six tribes of Eastern Nagaland to come together
and unite for a brighter future.
Unity and Integrity of the
people is crucial and the six
Tribes of Eastern Nagaland
must take positive decision for
themselves instead of accepting feedings from outside the
area, Zeliang pointed out.
“The end result of which
could prove fatal in the near future,” he added.
The former Chief Minister
was addressing as the Chief
Guest on the inaugural day
of 4th General Conference of
the Eastern Nagaland Women Organisation (ENWO) in
Chessore Village, Tuensang
on May 17.
C Kipili Sangtam, the Minister of Power Nagaland was the
Guest of Honour.
Batting for empowerment
of Naga Women, Zeliang further maintained that, “Naga
women must be empowered
economically, socially, educationally and politically.”
Calling on womenfolk to
unite and march towards a
future based on equality, he
stressed that, “The voices of the
youths, women and men are

all equally important and no
particular section must be discriminated on the basis of their
gender.”
On an optimistic note, the
DAN Chairman opined that
though the challenges ahead
of Nagas are manifold, it can be
overcome “with better understanding and proper consultations,” stated a press note from
his press secretary.
On May 16, it further informed that Zeliang inaugurated two Roads under PMGSY in Huker Village, Tuensang
in the presence of local Legislator R. Tohanba, Parliamentary Secretary of Municipal
Affairs and the public of Tuensang District.
The two roads, one from
Huker to Aiponger measuring
10 Kms and the other from Kephore to Shiponger measuring
11 Kms, were constructed under PMGSY Phase-8 and completed in 2014, it added.
Speaking at the formal programme held at Huker Baptist
Church, Zeliang also called
upon the gathering to unite
and cooperate with the Government to uplift the economy
of the people.
‘The support and cooperation of the general public is vital for uplifting the economy of

Phek bids farewell to outgoing deputy Commissioner
phEK, may 18 (Dipr): The farewell
programme for the outgoing Deputy
Commissioner Phek was held at DCs
Conference Hall on May 17.
In his farewell speech, outgoing
DC Phek, Murohu Chotso expressed
his profound gratitude to his subordinate staff as well as officers and staffs of
various departments under Phek district for their support and cooperation
extended to him during his two years
and eight months stay at Phek.
He also mentioned some of the
surrounding villages of Phek district
headquarter for their unflinching support and contributions during the construction of temporary school building of Government Higher Secondary
School, Phek (GHSS) to accommodate all the deserving students in and
around Phek Area.
The achievement so far during the
implementation of Swachh Bharat at
District Headquarter was impressive
and appreciated by all, he said. He also
said that Phek District Headquarter
has become the first district Headquar-

Kohima, may 18 (mExN): The Network of Naga
People Living with HIV/AIDS is all set to observe International AIDS Candlelight Memorial on May 21, 5:00 pm at
Naga Hospital Authority Kohima under the theme “Ending AIDS Together.” Dr. Thorhusie Katiri, Medical Super- Dimapur, may 18
intendent NHAK will be the guest speaker. Significance of (mExN): The Eastern Nathe day will be given by Lanu, President NNP+.
gas National Worker Union
(ENNWU) today expressed
Ape Venuh elevated to Collective Leadership “deepest resentment”
against the Assam Rifles
Dimapur, may 18 (mExN): The Chakhesang Region for conducting raids on the
of the NSCN (IM) has extended “heartiest congratulations” residences of Royemchu,
to Lt Col (Retd) Neipfupe (Ape) Venuh, Kilonser, on being Toivi Aye and Tia.
The residence of Royelevated to Member of the Collective Leadership. A press
release from the Caretaker CAO, Chakhesang Region, Lt emchu, Deputy Secy. and
Col (Retd) Chelo Mero expressed gratitude to Gen (Retd) Finance In-charge of TuKhole, Vice President, and Ato Kilonser Th. Muivah, and ensang, at Naga Goan (Sigall the Collective Leadership Members for elevating Venuh nal Angami), Dimapur was
to the “high post” in the government. “The region wishes raided on May 6 while the
them and prays that almighty God continues to grant wis- residences of Toivi Aye,
dom, good health and long life,” the CAO statement added. Steering Committee Member, and Tia, Joint Secretary, NSCN/GPRN were
CME on ald, pancreatitis on May 20

ter in the state to declare ‘No Smoking
Zone’ which he credited to the Phek
Town Youth Society, Government officials and the citizens.
Encouraging the officers of various
departments, he urged them to humble themselves and serve the people
with sincerity and dedication and also
requested all to extend cooperation
and support to the newly designated

DC, Kovi Meyase.
Office Superintendent & Head DBs
of DC Office Phek spoke on behalf of
the Administration department. NGO
leaders and Govt officials who spoke
on the program included PAPO President, DPDB Official, Former Chairman
PTC, SDPO Phek, PTYS, and CMA. DC
staff and DBs presented special song
and folk song respectively.

ENNWU condemns Assam Rifles' raids
raided in the wee hours of
May 13 in Purana Bazaar ‘B’
and Notun Basti, Dimapur
respectively.
“The 32 AR had raided
in their private residences
which had spread fear psychosis amongst the innocent children and helpless
women,” the union stated
in a press release while calling on all peace loving citizens to condemn the “nuisance acts” of AR.
Terming it “unprovoked aggressions” towards the Naga leaders, the
ENNWU called on the Assam Rifles to “immediately

Kohima, may 18 (mExN): A Continuing Medical Education (CME) on Alcoholic liver disease (ald) and pancreatitis will take place on May 20 at Hotel Japfu Kohima at 5:00
pm under the aegis of Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima.
The speakers include: Dr. C. W Nyuthe, MD (Medicine); Dr. Imkong L. Imchen
Nagaland Minister for Environment & ForRosemary Thurr, MS (Obs & Gynae); Dr. Mhashevisu Sothu,
est, Climate Change, Imkong L. Imchen has exMS (Surgery); and Dr. Albert Thupitor, MD (Medicine).
pressed sadness at the demise of Anil Madhav
Union Minister for Environment, Forests
New PIO, APIO for Dimapur DC office Dave,
and Climate Change on May 18.
In a condolence message, Imchen termed
Dimapur, may 18 (mExN): The Additional Deputy late Madhav a “prolific writer, social worker and
Commissioner Sara Jamir Dimapur has been designated passionate conservationist”, adding, “He was an
as the Public Information Officers (PIO) in the Dimapur asset to the country.” “In his passing, we have lost
DC Office with immediate effect. DC Dimapur Kesonyu a great champion for the cause of Environment
Yhome in a press notification informed that the Extra As- and Climate Change,” the message read.
sistant Commissioner Kemchiyile is also designated as
Imchen extended condolences to the bethe Assistant PIO.
reaved family and prayed for the departed soul
to rest in peace.

CondolenCe messages

NSBB to celebrate Int'l Biodiversity Day

Kohima, may 18 (Dipr): The Nagaland State Biodiversity Board ( NSBB) is celebrating the International
Day for Biological Diversity under the theme “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism” on May 22 at Capital Convention Centre opposite Nagaland Civil Secretariat building, Kohima from 10:00 am. Principal Chief Conservator
of Forest & Head of Forest Force, I. Panger Jamir, IFS will
grace the celebration as Special Guest. The highlights of
the programme will include prize distribution, recitation
by winner of the essay competition and special number
by The Vineyard School. The programme will be chaired
by Chairman NSBB, T. Lotha IFS (Rtd) and will also deliver the keynote address. Words of gratitude will be proposed by KeneizenoSeletsu.

the people because MLAs alone
cannot bring in complete development’ he stated.
Commenting on the upcoming road from Dimapur to
Pangsha Via Wokha, Zunheboto, Aghunato, Samator and
Noklak, already approved and
DPR being prepared by NHIDCL, Zeliang maintained that the
implementation of this road
‘could boost the economy of
the people in the 3 Districts beside the Trade Centre at Pangsha, Indo-Myanmar border and
other potential areas.’
“Render your cooperation
for the success of the survey and
preparation of DPR at the present stage,” he urged.
On the Indo-Naga Peace
dialogue, Zeliang urged the
people to seek the help of the
Almighty God for ushering in
a new era of permanent peace
among the Nagas.
“We need permanent peace
and I urge you all to pray for it,”
he said.
During the two days tour
touching the 4 Districts of
Wokha, Mokokchung, Zunheboto and Tuensang, Zeliang
was accompanied by C. Kipili
Sangtam, Minister of Power, R.
Tohanba, Parl. Secy of Municipal Affairs and Imtikumzuk,
Parl. Secy of IPR and others.

Governor PB Acharya
Nagaland Governor PB Acharya has expressed shock to hear of the demise of Pannalal
Sethi.
In a message, Governor Acharya stated that
late Sethi was a committed social figure who devoted his life for the social and religious causes
and welfare of humanity. “It is really very tough
for me to believe that he is no more with us. This
is really a great loss indeed for the people of Nagaland and the Jain community in particular,”
Acharya’s message read.
Conveying deepest sympathy, Governor
Acharya prayed that the Almighty give strength to
the bereaved family and all near and dear ones.

cease vitiating the present
peaceful atmospheres” by
withholding all forms of
harassments and tortures.
While stating that the
NSCN continues to “exercise maximum tolerance”,
the union maintained that
this “positive attitude” of
the NSCN should in no way
be taken as weakness.
Pointing to the Framework Agreement, the union
stated that it was signed between two entities and needs
to be “upheld and honored”
so as to safeguard and maintain cordial relationship.
Further accusing the

AR of “unleashing tortures
and harassments” on innocent people in blatant
violation of the Ceasefire
Ground Rules, the ENNWU
charged the Assam Rifles of
playing double roles while
proclaiming themselves
to be “Friends of the hill
people”. This has gravely
disrupted the congenial
peaceful atmosphere, the
union maintained.
In this regard, the ENNWU urged the concerned
authorities to release the
apprehended members
along with the seized legal
documents at the earliest.

28 AR, DAPCU & NUN organise
HIV /AIDS awareness programme

phEK, may 18 (mExN): The Chakhesang
Mothers’ Association (CMA) has stated that it is
“deeply indebted” to outgoing Phek Deputy Commissioner (DC), Murohu Chotso for “all his yeomen service” he rendered for the people of Phek
district.
Acknowledging his administrative service towards the people of Phek Town, the CMA on behalf of the entire citizens of Phek Town in particular and the whole community in general wished
him the best in all his future endeavours.
“Chotso served the people with humility, dedication, sincerity during his stay at Phek as DC,
Phek,” a press statement issued by CMA President, Zapsohelu Venuh recalled.
The association also “heartily welcomed”
incoming Deputy Commissioner, Phek, Kovi
Meyase, who, it stated, is reported to be “sincere,
dedicated, honest and good in public dealing”. Assuring all possible cooperation, the CMA further
urged the new DC to take up office early.

Khelhoshe Polytechnic
Teachers condemn harassment
ZuNhEboTo, may 18 (mExN): The Teachers’ Association of Khelhoshe Polytechnic, Atoizu (KPTA)
has vehemently condemned the “barbaric acts and
unruly behavior” of one Hekishe Chishi for allegedly
harassing and threatening faculties of the institute on
May 18.
In a press release, the association stated that the accused had on Thursday evening “insulted, harassed and
threatened” faculties of Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu
(KPA) while they were playing badminton in the institute’s Multi Purpose Hall.
“He forcefully chased out the faculties from the Institute Multi Purpose hall claiming that Institute Multi
Purpose Hall is his ‘private property’ by saying he has an
order from ‘Government of India and District Authority
(EAC),’” the teachers’ association stated. The accused
repeatedly charged one of the faculties “nearly leading
to physical assault”, it further alleged.

MEEtIngs & AppoIntMEnts

DUCCF, GB Union coordination
meeting on clean election today
The first coordination meeting of the DUCCF and the GB
Union on clean election will be held on Friday, May 19,
10:00 am at Lotha Hoho Ki, Dimapur. A press release in
this regard requested all the Colony Chairmen, Secretaries and GBs under Dimapur Urban Area to attend the
meeting.

NCD Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Councilors of Naga
Council Dimapur will be held on May 20, 11:00 am at the
Dimapur, may 18 (mExN): The 28 Assam Rifles under the Council office, NL Road, Dimapur. A press release inaegis of HQ IGAR (North) conducted a lecture on HIV/AIDS at forming this has requested all councilors to attend the
DC Ground, Wokha on May 12 with an active participation from meeting without fail.
85 youth from Wokha town.
The lecture was conducted in collaboration with DAPCU (DisAHODs & HODs meeting
trict AIDS Prevention and Control Unit) and an NGO called NUN
(Nagaland Users Network).
Chief Secretary, Pankaj Kumar in a circular has informed
The lecture was conducted in an interactive manner wherein that the next meeting of Administrative Heads of Departthe Medical Officer of 28 Assam Rifles highlighted the menace of ment and Heads of Departments will be held on May 20
HIV/AIDS and the threat it brings to the victim, an AR press note at 1:30 pm in the Secretariat Conference Hall. The Agenda
informed.
to be discussed during the meeting are Presentation by
The local youth pledged to spread the awareness in the society Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd
and AR troops assured of more in-depth presentations in future and DC Kohima on Land Encroachment. All AHoDs and
in the form of documentary films, joint campaign with civil nodal HoDs have been informed to make it convenient to atagencies and district authorities, it added.
tend the meeting positively.

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IN FOCUS
The Power of Truth

The Morung Express
volume XII Issue 135
By Witoubou Newmai

Respect for the
position & situation

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

C O M M E N T A R Y

Garga Chatterjee

How we imagine ‘far’ and ‘near’

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he Nagas in the south seem to be impressed, in general, by the ‘exploits’ of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh at the moment. If the Nagas in the south get
carried away with the ‘charms’ that the Biren Singh
government is exhibiting and start ignoring the limits of the
ongoing bonhomie then it will definitely prove that the masses have missed the ‘core issue’ put across. If this is to be the
situation then the kind of skewed jargon engaged by the Nagas
in dealing with the Manipur government is going to cost the
‘movement’ in the south.
It is no exaggeration that most Nagas have failed to see beyond tags such as ‘communal government of Manipur’, ‘discrimination’ and ‘suppression’ hurled at the Manipur government by the Naga civil society. When Biren Singh starts
addressing these ‘tags,’ the bonhomie between the Nagas and
the Manipur government climaxes. The Naga failure to do a
balancing act while treading on fine line can demolish the
larger aspiration.
This is also an eye opener for the Nagas in the south that,
inability to succeed in their indulgence in affairs with sufficiently attractive strategies beyond the clichéd rhetoric can
cost the ‘movement’ much.
Nagas in the south engaging in cordial relations with the
Meiteis and the Manipur government should be encouraged
and appreciated. However, any tendency to compromise the
‘rights’ and the ‘principles’ of the Nagas should be checked
by identifying and being cautious with the diverting roles.
This is to suggest that Nagas in the south should start engaging in critical assessment of the unfurling trend in Manipur, and, at the same time, check that there is continuity in
their endeavour to look for an answer to the ‘Naga question’.
If need be, the ‘Naga question’ should be sharpened rather
than over indulging in clichéd rhetoric. This will show a better way to proceed.
It is also no exaggeration to say that factors of electoral
politics in Naga areas in the south have proliferated complexity. In that, the Nagas are facing a more uphill task today than
ever before. With the district creation issue confronting the
Nagas in the south, the United Naga Council (UNC) that is
spearheading the ‘movement’ must demonstrate itself to be
a responsible body fighting a benign cause if it has to remain
relevant.
Since ‘talking terms’ have prevailed in Manipur it is high
time for parties involved to sort out ways for diplomatic intervention so as to avoid any confrontation as was common
during O Ibobi Singh’s tenure. Though the N Biren Singh government and the UNC are far from coming to the required
comfortable level, and there are bigger chances of being overwhelmed by sectarian politics and vested interests, both the
parties should realize that they have come thus far out of genuine concern. At least if this is realized for now, it is definitely
the beginning of wisdom to respect each other's position and
situation.

lEfT wiNg |

Dr. Paranjoy Bordoloi
Fulbright Fellow

A Transition From
violence to Peace

Communities in Haflong have
learned ‘peaceful coexistence’

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n the month of March, 2017, I went to the tiny hill town
Haflong (Assan) which has unique mix of natural beauty
of green hills as well as rich tribal cultures. As a researcher of peace, I was thrilled to experience the positive transition of the hill town since my first visit in May 2011. Five
years back, there was a violent environment in the town so
it was not at all pleasant as a visitor. However, there is no
more fear of violence; rather I have enjoyed the mesmerizing beauty of the hill station even roaming around the town
in the night as well.
The most pleasant experience for me was to be able to walk
down the street of the Haflong Lake every evening during my
stay. In the midst of cold breeze, the evening walks were enjoyable with my other colleagues where we did not require
any local person to accompany us. This type of freedom was a
luxury five years back due to intense ethnic conflicts. An environment of suspicion prevailed in the society which affected
normal lives of the town’s people.
On the other hand, now I have seen a dramatic change of
behavior in the people from both tribal or non-tribal communities. Whether people from Dimasa or Zeme Naga or local
Bengali, I felt that they were much more open during interactions compared to my last visit. The paradigm shift regarding relationships among communities not only concentrated
within Haflong but also spread to the villages. I have observed
that communities have learned ‘peaceful coexistence’.
Mr. Haloi, a government staff working in the hill town for
almost 20 years, says that compared to the last few years, the
situation has been getting normal. Haloi says, “I can go to the
market in the late evening without any fear which I could not
even imagine a few years before. Therefore, I was trying to
transfer my job at that time, but now I think I will stay here till
my retirement”.
Bijoy a local young boy getting a job recently said that
youths are more attracted now to take up dum bell for physical
exercise rather than taking up a pistol. He also informed that a
local boy has recently won a national bodybuilding competition, which motivated many more youths to join professional
body-building clubs.
This heart touching story of the town is, perhaps, a successful example of a society which has transformed from violence to peace. The question comes how this journey has been
possible in Haflong. Is it the impact of the developmental activities undertaken by the administration? The new beautiful
train station of Haflong is a showcase of undergoing development measures.
Are the people feeling detached from violence and more
interested towards peaceful co-existence? An in-depth research will be needed to find out real causes for the peaceful
transition of the town. The need of the hour is that the government and non-governmental organizations should capitalize
on this positive environment to build Haflong as a tourist spot
of the region, which has the potential to develop as new destination to bring tourists to North East India.

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Screen shot from Ollie Bye's 'History of South Asia Every Year'. (Courtesy: Youtube)

here is this amazing guy called Ollie Bye
who lives in the United Kingdom. He has
been making history based animations for
a few years. They are on Youtube as videos,
watched by lakhs of people. There I came across
an animation video on the history of what is now
vaguely called South Asia. It starts roughly with the
Harappan era and ends with the 21st century. In
that period, it shows the changing political landscape by showing political boundaries of all autonomous and semi-autonomous entities (for example, entities loosely associated with a strong power
is shown in light blue while the stronger power itself
is coloured deep blue). Thus, it tries to give a very
fine grained idea about political entities – spanning
small, medium and large sized kingdoms, empires,
semi-independent governorates (like Bengal for
quite some time before the British arrived), colonial
empires, princely states and contemporary entities
like Indian Union, Pakistan, etc including erstwhile
semi-independent countries like Sikkim. It does all
of this in about 10 minutes. In those 10 minutes, orders change, countries vanish and appear, far away
things join up and so on. It is dynamic. That is how
the past is. Dynamic. So is the present. So will be the
future. Change is the only constant of the human
condition.
Now what struck me in seeing this, and I have
had this thought before, is that our imagination of
what is our homeland, what is far, what is near, is
so much shaped in a top-down manner by present political ideologies which we, as citizens, are
expected to accept as our own identities. Thus, the
Indian Union constructs the “Indian” with an increasingly not-so-subtle Hindu overtone where a
West Bengali is expected to feel more at one with
a Tamil or a Haryanvi than an East Bengali. Pakistan started as “Muslim India” of sorts and still carries on a schizophrenic existence torn between that
idea and an idea that uses the Indus river as the civilizational binding axis. In the former imaginary, as a
“Pakistani”, a Pathan was supposed to feel closer to
an East Bengali Muslim and less close to a Pathan
across the Durand line.
Even the idea of South Asia presents such a problem – is Pakistan western South Asia or eastern Middle-East? And these questions are not merely geographical but also ideological. One needs to look
deep into questions like why are these binaries presented, how did we acquire them, why did earlier
identities change, how is even this sense of “earlier”
constructed, what kind of anxieties of both the citizen and the state animate such anxieties of identity,
whose purpose does each imaginary serve, what is
the relationship of each of those many imaginaries

with the person and most importantly, the mother of
all questions - how did we come to be the way we are.
Such imaginations also change distances – distances in the real world, distances of the mind. Thus,
in a certain kind of imaginary that Delhi inherits from
London and also wants to push as part of its geopolitics, Isfahan is farther from Lucknow than London
and Nanjing is farther from Chennai than New York
or even more ridiculously, Dhaka is farther from Kolkata than Delhi.
Such distances serve power. Such distances destroy parts of our culturally inherited multi-faceted
selfhoods. They also create new facets in line with
power. Thus, in these times, when one starts measuring distances differently from what your state
authorities want you to do, it is deemed bizarre at
best, seditious at worst. For Islamabad wants you to
think that Pakistan has natural and ideological coherence and concocts it daily. So does Delhi. The
whole imaginary of a Himalayan barrier and the seas

remembrances, creation of figures who are beyond
critique and so on. But still, memories persist, other
imaginaries persist and even the state cannot control
every aspect of every dynamic that shapes human
beings. And in that space that power cannot control,
in that crack, lies hope.
In the 15th century with contemporary transport
technologies, the so-called “natural” barrier of the
Himalayas did not stop 12 diplomatic missions from
the independent country of Bengal to the court of
the Ming Emperor of China in Nanjing. After Bengal's Hindu king Ganesh installed his son Jadu (who
later converted to Islam and became Jalaluddin as
a truce between the Muslim Pathan nobility, Muslim clergy and the Hindu king Ganesh), a section of
the clergy was not happy with the sham “Ïslamic” arrangement where Ganesh remained the power behind the throne.
Surely, many non-spiritual interests of this section of the Muslim clergy were also affected. They
banded together to invite the Sultan of Jaunpur
(now largely part of the Bhojpuri speaking homeland that is divided between Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states of the Indian Union) to invade Bengal.
Who did Bengal call to avert this crisis? Well, the
Ming Emperor of China. The Emperor sent a senior
government functionary as well as forces under a
senior admiral by sea. The invasion did not happen
as China mediated negotiations. Delhi was not part
of this picture at all.
Where then was India or even South Asia for that
matter? How did Bengal then imagine its neighbourhood? Did it have Jaunpur, Bengal, China and what is
now Burma? Whatever it was, it was not Bharatmata
for sure. Areas, closeness and alliance were very differently imagined not too long ago before the British acquired Bengal and went on to add things to
this “Bengal” so much so that at one point of time it
was the whole Gangetic plain and even Punjab. That
even west Punjab was nominally under the administrative unit called Bengal as late as 1858 was reversed
in 1971 when East Bengal fought to be free from West
Punjab rule.
The British grabbed lands, joined them together
and the result was called India. Our contemporary
imagination of East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia,
South-East Asia and our ideas of them as distinct
politico-cultural spheres are the result of European

around the peninsula with what lies within being a
“natural” unit is a concept that is in the service of integrity. Anxieties about this integrity makes power
drive in such concepts of coherence every moment
into the heads of its citizenry – media, schools, universities, text books, official narratives, allowed histories, foundational myths, monuments, plaques,

colonialism in Asia. Distances were different earlier.
Bengal sent the same gift to China twice in the first
half of the 15th century and it reflected Bengal's international trade links then – it’s then imaginary of
near and far. The gifts were imported to Bengal and
then exported to China. It was not muslin. They were
giraffes from Africa.

igration has emerged as
one of the most challenging of contemporary issues but this fictional tale
-- steeped in the past, present and the
future -- presents a different perspective to the much-contested subject that
has come to rule international relations in the recent past.
Imagine a world where migration is
the norm, a routine affair. With so many
people migrating from one part to another, will it still be as disturbing an issue as it is today? Perhaps no -- both
the locals of any given area and the immigrants may well come to terms with
the fact that they share more in common with each other than the sum total of the differences that they fear.
The overwhelming novel opens "in
a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at

war" and the readers are soon introduced to Saeed and Nadia, the two
protagonists who rule these pages.
Their courtship begins in a moment
of impending threat, the readers have
already been warned by the disturbing setting of migrations.
They meet in "an evening class on
corporate identity and product branding", and their first date is at a Chinese
restaurant, all little
elements signifying the larger goals
of the world where
migration is a norm.
The scenes from Mosul or Aleppo
come to haunt the readers as militants
commit innumerable atrocities on a
daily basis in their unnamed city.
Nadia is "always clad from the tips
of her toes to the bottom of her jugular notch in a flowing black robe" but
her dress is not directly representative
of her daring nature. It turns out she
is more evocative and impulsive than
Saeed. It is Nadia who initiates sex,
offers marijuana and appears more
forthright than her male counterpart.
Mohsin Hamid has elegantly used the
impulsive character of Nadia to fight,
in his own way, what many in today's

times call Islamophobia. Her thoughts
and character, the readers find out, are
more important than the black robe
that she adorns.
The immediate background of "Exit
West" is the terrible refugee crisis in
Syria as well as the horrors that terrorists have wrought in the name of Islam.
The author takes full advantage of our
familiarity with these elements and
flaunts his literary
devices -- imageries,
similes and hyperbole -- to create the
setting of his novel.
One astonishingly significant aspect
of this novel is the level of detailing that
the author dwells on. He creates powerful and often disturbing images of
horror and trauma. In one instance, he
mentions Nadia's cousin, who is "blown
by a truck bomb to bits, literally to bits,
the largest of which, in Nadia's cousin's
case, were a head and two-thirds of an
arm". But he does not allow his readers to pity these deaths, for they are so
many in number. The focus is always on
the two central characters.
Straight out of C.S. Lewis's "The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe",
the two flee from the disturbed city

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through unexplained magical doors.
There may be many ways of looking at
it, magic realism or fantasy, the most
common ones, but at the core of it lies
the very fact that those caught in a crisis like this will not leave any door unopened to escape!
The second half of the novel deals
with the life of Saeed and Nadia in a
new land after their escape. This is
where Hamid reveals the final theme of
his masterly novel. This promising land
that Saeed and Nadia have escaped to
is so accustomed to migration that "the
whole planet was on the move, much of
the global South headed to the global
North, but also Southerners moving to
other Southern places and Northerners moving to other Northern places".
The new land may be a reference
to a new future as such magical doors
from fantasy novels often transport the
readers to the future or to past. Hamid
poignantly transports his readers to a
world or time in the future where migration is peaceful and where people
are open to accepting others. Between
the lines, he reminds us that ultimately
we have more in common with "others"
than the sum total of our differences.
A wonderful future, isn't it?

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Young Scientist Discovers New
Species of Crabs in Meghalaya
A 29-year-old researcher Parveen Farzana Absar discovered a new species
of cave-dwelling crabs in one of Meghalaya’s many natural caves

young scientist has just discovered a new species of
cave-dwelling crabs in the
north-eastern Indian state of
Meghalaya. It is the first ever species of a
cave dwelling crab to be ever discovered
in India.
Nestled in the Himalayas, Meghalaya is known for the magical beauty of
its rich forests and water bodies. It is one
of India’s four biodiversity hotspots – in
the whole world there are 34 biodiversity hotspots.
Less known is the fact that Meghalaya also boasts some of the world’s longest natural caves and it is in once such
cave that these tiny creatures were discovered by 29-year-old Parveen Farzana Absar. Absar is pursuing a masters in
wildlife sciences from Aligarh Muslim
University and was researching cave biology in the east-Jaintia hills at the time
of discovery.
The crab she found is albino, almost
blind and lives in dark crevices of the
caves with the adults reaching a tiny
size of just 2 centimetres.
“These species have adapted to the
dark environment of cave… So this crab
is almost blind and without colour,” Absar said. She also noted that unlike other crabs the thin and slender legs of the
albino crab have hair on them.
Recounting the moment when Absar found the new species just 200 metres from the mouth of one of the longest caves in the country [the name

An underside view of a female
crab, note the hair on the legs

and location of the cave are being kept
confidential at the request of the scientist], she told thethirdpole.net, “After my
routine exploration, when I was on my
way out, I saw these small shiny things
and I picked them up and saw that they
were crabs. I found a male, a female and
a baby crab. I think finding a male crab
was really a big thing and I was very
fortunate because chances of finding a
male specimen are very low. In my 11
years of experience, I have never seen
such crabs.”
The young scientist instantly knew
that there was something special and
different about the crabs and submitted
the specimen to Zoological Survey of
India in Kolkata, where scientists confirmed within days that it was indeed a
new species which is now believed to be
from the genus Teretamon. This is only
the third species discovered so far under this genus, the first one was found
in Myanmar and the second one was
found in the Indian state of Mizoram
but both the previous species were either forest or freshwater species unlike
this one that dwells in caves. The discovery is listed to be published in Zootaxa
– the ultimate peer-reviewed science
journal for taxonomy.
Absar who has been asked to name
the species has thought of calling it
Teretamon absarum based on her family name as a tribute to her parents.
Orus Ilyas, an assistant professor
at Aligarh Muslim University in the
Wildlife Sciences Department, under
who Absar is doing her dissertation,
told thethirdpole.net, that Absar was

amongst the youngest discoverers of
a new species, which is an honour for
the state, as well as the country. She
added, “She didn’t have funding to
carry out her research, yet out of her
sheer interest in the cave ecosystem,
she did it on her own.”
Hidden world of Meghalaya’s caves
Talking about the secretive, magical world of cave biodiversity Absar
said, “Fauna in caves is very small,
peculiar and tough to explore.” These
caves are just not about crabs. “There
are fish, shrimp, spiders and millipedes as well but they are microscopic and transparent. Often they [millipedes] look like veins moving on rocks
to the naked eye.”
Meghalaya has a dense network of
over 1600 caves. Many of them hold
secrets of earth’s past, and may give us
vital clues of the evolution of particular species, and may also hold other
surprises in yet-undiscovered species.
Shardul Bajikar, the former director of Sanctuary Asia magazine who
now runs his own magazine Adventure Sports and Beyond told thethirdpole.net, “We explore different things
like land ecosystems, marine ecosystems, high altitude ecosystems and
have reasonable information [about
them], but this [the cave ecosystem] is
one dimension of the earth which we
have not explored especially in India.”
These caves can also be a storehouse of well-preserved records of climate change. Its limestone features can
throw a mine of information of past cli-

matic events in chronological order.
Meghalaya’s network of caves
sprawls over Jaintia, Khasi and Garo
Hills districts and has nine of the ten
longest caves in the country, running
up to 30 kilometres in length. Exploring them is not an easy task. Given the
tough terrain, labyrinths, streams and
rivers, speleology is a physically demanding activity.
Bajikar who is also organising a caving initiation expedition this year in
Meghalaya said, “Over the last decade,
a few Indians [mostly from the Meghalaya Adventurers’ Association, and a few
from Allied Petzl and the Indian Navy]
and other foreign cavers have been organising expeditions to explore and document these hidden treasures of the vast
and intricate cave systems of Meghalaya.
As on date just over one thousand caves
have been explored and mapped yielding a total mapped cave passage of over
455 kilometres. This initiation expedition
is probably the first attempt to introduce
caving as a technical discipline to a small
select group of adventure lovers to increase our numbers.”
But threats loom large on these geological wonders and biodiversity-rich
caves. Unrestricted development, limestone mining, rat-hole coal mining, exploitation by visitors, and the dumping of garbage are taking a toll of these
caves. Continuing neglect of these caves
can ruin these natural treasures, and
the knowledge they hold, long before
they are revealed to the world.
This article was originally published
on The Third Pole

Ten years after the crisis, what is happening to the world’s bees?
Efforts have been
made to monitor
honey bees pollution,
but more needs to be
done especially with
wild colonies

the world as a side-effect of international trade. The worst is the
ominously named Varroa destructor mite, which causes brain
development disorders.

Simon Klein and Andrew Barron

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The Conversation

en years ago, beekeepers in the United States
raised the alarm that
thousands of their hives were
mysteriously empty of bees.
What followed was global concern over a new phenomenon:
colony collapse disorder.
Since then we have realized that it was not just the
US that was losing its honey
bees; similar problems have
manifested all over the world.
To make things worse, we are
also losing many of our populations of wild bees too.
Losing bees can have tragic
consequences, for us as well as
them. Bees are pollinators for
about one-third of the plants
we eat, a service that has been
valued at €153 billion (US$168
billion) per year worldwide.
Ten years after the initial
alarm, what is the current status of the world’s bee populations, and how far have we
come towards understanding
what has happened?
The current status of bees
worldwide
Since the alarm was first
raised, many countries have
created new monitoring methods to judge the status of their
bee stocks.
As a result we have much
more data on bee popula-

compare between continents.
It is clear that bees in the
United States are still struggling. Beekeepers can tolerate
up to 15% losses of colonies
over winter, but the US is massively above this threshold,
having lost 28.1% of colonies
over the 2015-16 winter.
Canada, by contrast, reported 16.8% losses. This is
better, but still above the level
of losses at which beekeepers
can easily restock.
Only recently have we had
data from central Europe.
There, honey bees seem to be
doing better: 11.9% losses in
2015-16. Meanwhile, in New
Zealand surveys only began in
the last year and have reported
winter loss of 10.7%. Australia
does not yet have a countrywide survey of the state of bee
colonies.
Honey bees are not the
only bees that we should care
about: wild bees are vital pollinators too. Some plants are
pollinated by only one wild
bee species, such as the mac-

much less data on wild bees than
honey bees, and those data we
do have point to bigger concerns.
For our wild bees we only really
have good data for populations
that are endangered or that have
completely disappeared. Between 2008 and 2013, wild bee
diversity in the US dropped by
23%, and a previously common
bumblebee species was recently
listed as endangered.
Do we understand why?
The good news is that the
past decade has seen plenty of
progress in understanding the
mystery of colony collapse disorder. The bad news is that we
now recognize it as a complex
problem with many causes, although that doesn’t mean it is
unsolvable.
For all bees, foraging on flowers is a hard life. It is energetically and cognitively demanding;
bees have to travel large distances to collect pollen and nectar
from sometimes hard-to-find
flowers, and return it all to the
nest. To do this they need finely

such skills can make bees
struggle to find food, or even
get lost while trying to forage. A
bee that cannot find food and
make it home again is as good
as dead.
Because of this, bee populations are very vulnerable to
what we call “sublethal stressors” – factors that don’t kill the
bees directly but can hamper
their behavior.
In a recently published review, we argue that modern
agriculture and industry have
created a host of sublethal
stressors that damage bees’
cognition.
For example, diesel fumes
and neonicotinoid pesticides
both reduce bees’ foraging efficiency by disturbing chemical communications in their
brains. Modern intensive agriculture disturbs bee nutrition,
which impairs their brain. Climate change interferes with
the relationship between bees
and the plants on which they
feed.
In addition, managed hon-

What can we do?
At the global level, to preserve
our bees we have to improve the
environments in which they collect food. Every small action can
make a difference.
Planting flower borders with
bee-friendly flowers in your garden can provide food for both
wild and domestic bees. You can
reduce or eliminate the use of
herbicides or pesticides when
gardening. Even mowing the lawn
less often can help bees out.
You could install a native
bee hive or insect hotel. Another
tempting option is to buy local
honey, which often has a more
distinctive flavor than mass-produced versions.
In Australia, we are fortunate
in that our bees seem to be doing better than many other parts
of the world. The Varroa mite has
not yet invaded our shores, and in
many areas bees can access pesticide-free bushland (although unlike Europe, Australia has not yet
banned use of neonicotinoids in
agriculture).
Australia also has an incredibly rich diversity of wild native
bees: up to 1,600 different species,
including our emblematic stingless bees. Even so, to protect this
diversity we need better surveys
of how these species are doing.
Ten years on from the alarm
over disappearing bees, it is fair to
say we now know the nature of the
problem and what can be done to
fix it. It’s up to us to take the steps
needed to sustain these precious
pollinators of our food for the future.

7

Who Are the Best ‘Eaters’ & How
to Use Eggplants as a Toothbrush
Baher Kamal

T

Inter Press Service

he news is this: Japan is a global model for healthy
diets and it currently has the lowest rate of obesity among developed countries–below four per
cent. This is on the one hand. On the other, African eggplant gorongo is often used as toothbrush.
None of this is based on any personal, empirical experience—it all comes from the United Nations thought its
leading food specialised agency.
See what the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
(FAO) says.
Japan has a very unique food culture that can greatly
contribute to improvements in global nutrition, FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva on May 10 assured
during his visit to the country, which has a healthy and
“unique” food culture, one that includes many vegetables, fruits and fish.
To explain this better, he cited Washoku, a comprehensive set of skills, knowledge and traditions relating
to the preparation and consumption of food, which has
been designated as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by
UNESCO.
Washoku is based on a “respect for nature” and is
composed of fresh, seasonally available, low-fat ingredients, which together represent a well-balanced diet.
Graziano da Silva noted that Japan has a wealth of
knowledge and experience to share with other countries–
an interaction the organisation he leads is keen to promote as an activity related to the United Nations Decade
on Nutrition.
This Decade aims to address poor dietary habits,
which have been closely linked to non-communicable
diseases, including heart attacks strokes, cancers and
diabetes– a leading cause of premature death, not only
in high-income countries, but also increasingly in many
parts of the developing world.
“These diets are typically not only unhealthy, but environmentally unsustainable.”
In this context, Japan exemplifies how effective public
policies and legislation can promote adequate nutrition,
especially through laws aimed at educating children and
controlling adults’ weight, according to the FAO chief.
Such measures, are in line with commitments made
by world leaders at the 2014 Second International Conference on Nutrition and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to establish national policies aimed at
eradicating malnutrition and transforming food systems
to make nutritious diets available to all.
He praised Japan for supporting developing countries
through the UN agency in the areas of food production
and consumption as well as with regards to the agricultural sectors, including forestry, fisheries, livestock, land
and water.
For example, in Afghanistan, Japan has contributed
more than 100 million dollars to the organisation’s agricultural interventions, especially with efforts to rehabilitate the country’s irrigation infrastructure.
In Myanmar, funds from the Japanese government
have helped deliver emergency and livelihood-rebuilding assistance – including high-quality seeds and
fertilizers – to rural households affected by flooding
and conflicts.
A Journalist and a Chef, Goodwill Ambassadors
The UN specialised agency chief announced the appointment of Hiroko Kuniya and Katsuhiro Nakamura
as the first-ever FAO National Goodwill Ambassadors
for Japan.
Kuniya became well known as a television news-anchor for the NHK Japan network, including on the acclaimed “Today’s Close-Up” programme, covering poverty, hunger and other social issues. More recently, she
has worked as a journalist covering topics related to the
Sustainable Development Goals.
Nakamura initially became famous as the first Japanese chef to receive a One-Star Restaurant recognition by
Michelin in 1979 in Paris. He later returned to Japan and
in 2008 was named head chef during the G8 Summit in
Toyako, Hokkaido.
What about the Eggplant-Toothbrush Story?
Now that you know who are the best “eaters” on
Earth—the Japanese, you will certainly like to also learn
about why and how eggplants can be used as toothbrush.
Here you are:
To start with, African eggplant lives up to its name: as
it grows it bears white, oval-shaped fruits that look just
like eggs before they ripen and turn green.
It is one of the vegetables grown by farmers displaced
by Boko Haram violence in northern Nigeria who are
participating in an FAO project to kick-start local food
production. Here, this traditional vegetable is known as
gorongo and it is an important social ingredient as well as
a nutritious one.
The raw fruit of the gorongo is often chewed by women to clean their teeth. The fruit is also eaten as part of
marriage and naming ceremonies.
What happened is that just few days before going to
Japan, Graziano da Silva visited an FAO-supported dry
season vegetable production site.
There, he met a group of women working together in
a field growing gorongo among other crops. The women
are survivors of Boko Haram attacks on their villages, and
are the sole providers for their families.
One of the women explained that using the gorongo
to clean her teeth was a way to restore a sense of dignity
and to bring healthy smiles to her and her friends.
Gorongo is a useful plant for small-scale farmers because it bears fruit continuously and can produce an
abundant yield even from a small plot.
Women have been able to grow a surplus of vegetables that they can sell to earn cash to cover their needs
beyond food such as health care and education for their
children.
The African Eggplant
The African eggplant originates from Central Africa,
and has spread to other countries, particularly in West
Africa, the UN specialised body informs.
The fruit can be eaten raw, boiled, steamed, pickled,
or in stews and the leaves are often used in soups. To
make a stew, the eggplant is boiled then mashed, then
added to a pan with oil, onion, cooked beans and chilli
flakes.
Apart from oral hygiene, the plant is used in traditional medicine to treat throat infections by heating and then
chewing the leaves. The juice of boiled roots is used to
treat hookworm, while the crushed leaves are said to be

8

FriDAY 19•05•2017

INDIA

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

ICJ stays Jadhav's exeCutIon

The hague, May 18
(IaNS): India on Thursday
scored a major diplomatic, moral and legal victory when the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
directed Pakistan not to execute
alleged spy Kulbhushan Jadhav
pending its final decision and
inform it of the steps being taken
to implement the order.
"Pakistan shall take all
measures at its disposal to ensure that Mr. Jadhav is not executed pending the final decision in these proceedings and
shall inform the court of all the
measures taken in implementation of the present order," ICJ
President Ronny Abraham said
in the operative portion of the
unanimous order which he
read out in the open court for
nearly 30 minutes.
"The court also decides that
until it has given its final decision, it shall remain seized of the
matters which form the subject
matter of this order," he said.
There are 10 judges, including Justice Dalveer Bhandari of
India, apart from the President
which form the court.
In a declaration appended
to the judgment Justice Bhandari concurred with the court
on its indication of provisional
measures but sought to place
on record his views concerning
the requirements for indicating
these measures in more detail.
"...In addition to issues of
consular relations, this is a case
in which it regrettably appears,
on a preliminary examination
of the facts, that the basic human rights of Jadhav have been
violated by not allowing India
to have consular access to him
after his arrest and during the
pendency of the criminal proceedings against him in Pakistan," Justice Bhandari said.
The ruling comes 10 days after India approached the UN's
top court for provisional measures of protection -- an interim relief. The court had earlier
written to Pakistan Prime Min-

Jadhav verdict: What the ICJ said

Here are five important points the International Court of Justice made while
delivering its verdict and staying the execution of former Indian Navy officer
Kulbhushan Jadhav on Thursday:
1) Pakistan had contended that the ICJ has no jurisdiction to hear the case.
The court rejected the argument and said that the ‘alleged failure of Pakistan in providing requisite consular notifications with regard to the arrest
and detention of Jadhav, as well as the alleged failure to allow communication and provide access to him’ is sufficient to establish that the court
has prima facie jurisdiction under Article I of the Optional Protocol to the
Vienna Convention to hear the matter.
2) The court observed that the rights alleged by India -- to consular notification and access between a State and its nationals, as well as the obligations of the detaining State to inform the person concerned without
delay of his rights with regard to consular assistance and to allow their
exercise -- are plausible.
3) It said that the mere fact that Jadhav is under a death sentence and might
therefore be executed is sufficient to demonstrate the existence of a risk
of irreparable prejudice to the rights claimed by India.
4) The court also noted that ‘Pakistan has given no assurance that Jadhav will
not be executed before the court has rendered its final decision. In those
circumstances, the court is satisfied that there is urgency in the present case’.
5) It asked Pakistan to ‘take all measures at its disposal to ensure that Jadhav is not executed pending the final decision in these proceedings and
shall inform the court of all the measures taken in implementation of
the present order’.
(Source: Agencies)
ister Nawaz Sharif to see that
Jadhav was not executed.
Officials of both the countries were present when the
judge asked the registrar to read
out the order to both the parties.
In a public hearing on Monday, India sought the court's
intervention to annul the death
sentence given by a Pakistan
military court to Jadhav who
Islamabad says was arrested in
Balochistan on charges of spying, sabotage and terrorism.
India has maintained that he
was abducted from Iran and taken to Balochistan. The army court
had sentenced him to death on a
"confessional" statement he had
made in military custody.
India accused Pakistan of
violating the Vienna Convention by denying consular access
to Jadhav and pronouncing him
guilty of espionage in a "farcical
trial". Pakistan, however, rejected the Indian argument on the

ground that New Delhi had no
right to invoke the jurisdiction
of the ICJ and that the Vienna
Convention does not provide
for matters relating to spies, terrorists and those who indulge in
espionage.
Giving its interim decision
on the application moved by India against Jadhav's execution,
Justice Abraham said the court
was unanimous in indicating
the "provisional measures that
give the rights to the subject of
judicial proceedings".
In the detailed order, the
court said prima facie it felt that
it had jurisdiction to go into the
matter given the details of the
present case.
The court also found that
there exists a lien between the
rights India seeks to assert and
the provisional measures the
court can deploy.
"The court will affirm that its
order on provisional measures

PM endorses Sushma's statement on saving Jadhav

New DelhI, May 18 (IaNS): Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday
backed External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj's statement that his government
will leave no stone unturned to save alleged spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. Modi
retweeted Sushma Swaraj's tweet from
his personal account.
"I assure the nation that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi we will leave
no stone unturned to save Kulbhushan
Jadhav," said the External Affairs Minister's
tweet, which was reposted by the Prime Minister. In a major diplomatic, moral and legal
victory for India, the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) on Thursday asked Pakistan not
to execute Jadhav pending its final decision
and inform it of the steps being taken to implement the order. Union Information and
Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu
said that India will seek consular access to
Jadhav again. "It is a major victory for India in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case," Naidu
tweeted. "We will be pursuing consular access for him. They are duty bound to give it..
They (Pakistan) are exposed. They have to
respect the Vienna Convention," Naidu told
reporters separately.

under Article 41 of the statute
has binding effect that creates
international legal obligation
for any party to whom the provisional measures are addressed.
"The decision given in the
present proceedings will in
no way prejudice the jurisdiction of the court to deal with
the merits of the case or any
question relating to the admissibility of the application of the
merits themselves. It is unaffected right of the governments
of India and Pakistan to submit
arguments in respect of those
questions."
Justice Abraham noted the
Pakistan counsel's statement
that Jadhav would not be executed till August but there was
no assurance that he would not
be executed after that.
The court also noted that Jadhav should have been given consular access as sought by India.
Referring to the issue of ju-

risdiction to hear the case, the
court said it noted India's stand
that the alleged failure by Pakistan to provide consular notifications regarding the arrest and
detention of Jadhav as well as
the alleged failure to allow communication and provide access
to him "appear to be capable of
following within the scope of
the Vienna Convention".
"In the view of the court,
this is sufficient to establish
that it has prima facie jurisdiction under Article 1 of the optional protocol. The court further observes that the existence
of a 2008 bilateral agreement
between the parties on consular relations doesn't change
its conclusion on jurisdiction,"
the order said.
The court also upheld India's stand that whether the
rights sought by India are at
least plausible.
"It observes that the rights to

consular notification and access
between a state and its nationals, as well as the obligations of
the detaining state to inform the
person concerned without delay of his rights with regard to
consular assistance and to allow
their exercise, are recognized in
Article 36, paragraph 1, of the
Vienna Convention, and that
India has alleged violations of
this provision. In the view of the
court, therefore, it appears that
the rights alleged by India are
plausible," the order said.
The court then focused on
the issue of the link between the
rights claimed and the provisional measures requested. "It considers that the measures requested are aimed at ensuring that the
rights contained in the Article 36,
para 1, of the Vienna Convention,
are preserved. Therefore, a link
exists between the rights claimed
by India under provisional measures being sought."

On the issue whether there
is a risk of irreparable prejudice
and urgency, the court considered that the near fact that
Jadhav was under a death sentence and might therefore be
executed was sufficient to demonstrate the existence of risk as
claimed by India.
"The court further observes
that Pakistan has indicated that
any execution of Mr. Jadhav
would probably not take place
before the month of August
2017. This means that there is a
risk that an execution could take
place at any moment thereafter
before the court has given its final decision in the case.
"The court also notes that
Pakistan has given no assurance that Mr. Jadhav will not be
executed before the court has
rendered its final decision. In
those circumstances, the court
is satisfied that there is urgency
in the present case."

New DelhI, May 18 (IaNS): Union Environment
Minister Anil Dave, a committed environmentalist who
had worked on green projects including conservation of
the Narmada river, died here on Thursday morning following cardiac arrest.
He was 61 and was a bachelor.
Meena Agarwal, the wife of Dave's family physician
Bharat Agarwal, told IANS that his family tried to wake
him up in the morning but he appeared unconscious.
He was rushed to the AIIMS at 9 a.m. "in a stage of
cardiac arrest", a hospital statement said.
"All possible measures were taken immediately at AIIMS, but he could not survive and (was) declared dead
around 9.45 a.m.," the AIIMS statement said.
Dave hailed from Madhya Pradesh where he had
done a stint as Minister of Environment. He was inducted
into the Union Council of Ministers on July 6, 2016 as Minister of State for Environment with independent charge.
He had worked on conservation projects including
of the Narmada river and founded "Narmada Samagra"
for the purpose. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in mourning the
loss of Dave whom he had met only on Wednesday evening. They expressed shock over the sudden death.
"Absolutely shocked by the sudden demise of my friend
and a very respected colleague, Daveji. My condolences,"
Modi said in a condolence message. The Prime Minister
said Dave would be remembered as a "devoted public servant who "was tremendously passionate towards conserving the environment". "I was with Daveji till late last evening, discussing key policy issues. This demise is a personal
loss," Modi said. One of those who attended that meeting recalled that Dave was looking "pale and weak but sat
through the long meeting with the Prime Minister".
Mukherjee said Dave's tenure as the minister was
"distinguished by extensive efforts to conserve nature
and protect environment". BJP President Amit Shah, senior leader L. K. Advani, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan and a host of ministers, including Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Information and
Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu, condoled Dave's
death. They hailed him as a committed environmentalist.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi said Dave would
be remembered for his humble personality. Dave had
not been well since January when he was diagnosed with
pneumonia and had been feeling "badly weak" in the past
few days, family sources said. Dave, who began his political career during his college days in his home state of
Madhya Pradesh, was a Rajya Sabha member since 2009.
He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh after completing his post-graduation in commerce from Gujarati
College in Indore. His father Dadasaheb Dave had been
a long time RSS activist. The government announced national mourning and "as a mark of respect" in his memory
the National Flag will fly at half-mast across the country.
His portfolio has been given to Science and Technology
Minister Harsh Vardhan as additional charge.

SrINagar, May 18 (PTI):
Foodgrains, cereals and milk will
cost less from July 1 when the Goods
and Services Tax (GST) is rolled out
as the GST Council today decided to
exempt these daily-use commodities from the levy.
Common use products like hair
oil, soaps and toothpaste will be
charged with a single national sales
tax or GST of 18 per cent instead of
present 22-24 per cent tax incidence
through a combination of central
and state government levies.
The GST rates for all but six items
were finalised at the first day of the
two-day meeting here of the GST
Council, headed by Union Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising state representatives.
Milk and curd will continue
to be exempt from taxation when
the Goods and Service Tax (GST)
replaced current indirect taxes.
'Mithai' or sweets will attract 5 per
cent levy.
Daily-use items like sugar, tea,
coffee (barring instant coffee) and
edible oil will attract the lowest tax
rate of 5 per cent, almost the same as
current incidence.
Prices of foodgrains, especially
wheat and rice, will come down as
they will be exempt from GST. Currently, some states levy Value Added

Tax (VAT) on them.
"We have finalised tax rates for
majority of items as well as the exempt list (at today's meeting)," Jaitley told reporters here.
The GST rate for all but six out
of the 1,211 items was decided on
the first day, he said, adding the tax
rate for items that would be decided
tomorrow include gold, footwear,
branded items and bidi. "Rates have
been finalised for the rest," he said.
Also, the GST for packaged food
items is to be finalised. Tomorrow's
meeting will also decide on the rate
of tax for services, he said.
Seven per cent of the items fall
under the exempt list while 14 per
cent have been put in the lowest tax
bracket of 5 per cent. Another 17
per cent items are in 12 per cent tax
bracket, 43 per cent in 18 per cent tax
slab and only 19 per cent of goods fall
in the top tax bracket of 28 per cent.
As many as 81 per cent of the
items will attract 18 per cent or less
GST. Aerated drinks and cars will be
in 28 per cent bracket.
On top of the peak rate, small cars
will attract a 1 per cent cess, midsized cars will attract 3 per cent and
luxury cars 15 per cent.
On gold, states demanded a 4 per
cent tax even though the rate is not
among the 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent

approved bands.
ACs and refrigerators will fall
in the 28 per cent tax slab while life
saving drugs have been kept at 5 per
cent rate.
Jaitley said there will be no inflationary impact as most of the rates
which are at 31 per cent have been
brought down to 28 per cent.
Coal will attract GST of 5 per cent
as against the current tax incidence
of 11.69 per cent.
"Cereals will be in exempt list.
But what is to be done with packaged
and branded food that has to be separately decided. We are yet to make a
decision on that," he said.
Jaitley said the key feature of today's rate decision has been that "tax
rate under GST will not go up for any
of the commodities. There is no increase. On many commodities, there
is a reduction particularly because
the cascading effect of tax is gone."
"Of several commodities, we
have consciously brought down the
tax. In the overall basket there would
be a reduction, but we are banking
on the hope that because of a more
efficient system, evasion would be
checked and tax buoyancy would go
up. That despite reduction the revenue neutrality and tax buoyancy
thereafter would be maintained,"
he added

New DelhI, May 18
(IaNS): In a bid to deal with
economic offenders like liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who
flee the country to escape
the legal process, the government on Thursday said it
has prepared a draft legislation to enable confiscation
of their assets. The draft law
-- Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2017 -- has been
prepared and put in public
domain at the Department
of Economic Affairs, Ministry
of Finance, website for comments and suggestions of all
stakeholders. "It is widely felt
that the spectre of high-value economic offenders absconding from India to defy
the legal process seriously
undermines the rule of law
in India," the Finance Ministry said here in a statement.l
"It is, therefore, felt necessary to provide an effective, expeditious and constitutionally permissible
deterrent to ensure that
such actions are curbed,"
the statement said.
"The government is con-

sidering to introduce legislative changes or even a new
law to confiscate the assets
of such absconders till they
submit to the jurisdiction
of the appropriate legal forum," the statement added.
All stakeholders need to
submit their suggestions by
June 3. The legislative action
is part of the Union Budget
announcement.
Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley had in the Budget 201718 said: "In the recent past,
there have been instances of
big time offenders, including
economic offenders, fleeing the country to escape the
reach of law. We have to ensure that the law is allowed to
take its own course. "Government is, therefore, considering introduction of legislative
changes, or even a new law, to
confiscate the assets of such
persons located within the
country, till they submit to
the jurisdiction of the appropriate legal forum. Needless
to say that all necessary constitutional safeguards will be
followed in such cases."

Trump urged to build India ties with shared views on China, Pakistan

New york, May 18 (IaNS):
An influential think tank has
urged US President Donald
Trump to develop with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi a common strategic view based on
shared interests in China, Pakistan and Afghanistan and make
India a "clear strategic and diplomatic priority" for the US.
The convergence of Indian
and American strategic interests
provides an opportunity for the
Trump Administration to advance its key foreign policy goals
and the US must rapidly seize the
opportunity decisively, The Asia
Society Policy Institute (ASPI)
said in a paper released here on
Thursday.
Deeper cooperation in defence, including in interoperability
of forces, and anti-terrorism should
complement the shared strategic
outlook, it recommended.
The paper, "The Trump Administration's India Opportunity", was authored by Marshall
Bouton, the ASPI Senior Fellow
for India and former President of
the Chicago Council on Global
Affairs and Chief Operating Of-

ficer of the Asia Society.
A starting point for close cooperation between the two countries would be an early summit
between Modi and Trump, the
paper said, outlining what could
be the agenda for such a meeting.
A summit would be "at the at
the top of my list of priorities", Bouton said in an interview with IANS.
"Nothing helps to get a relationship off to a good start than
that kind of an exchange between
the two leaders."
According to a source familiar
with scheduling meetings, Modi
was likely to visit Washington in July.
The paper saw a match in the
personalities and operational
styles of the two leaders and said:
"Modi is a strong and decisive
leader with whom the Trump
administration should feel very
comfortable."
The two leaders, who are
"highly nationalist and pro-business in their orientation, are likely
to find common ground", it said.
"Both leaders pride themselves on making deals, even
when those deals are not entirely
aligned with their parties' inter-

ests." To keep the multifaceted
development of bilateral ties on
track, the paper suggested the appointment of a czar for India-US
relations, "preferably a cabinet
member, to hold the whole-ofgovernment brief".
"With security issues a priority,
Defence Secretary James Mattis,
who has publicly identified India
as a key strategic partner, might be
considered for the position."
The paper identified countering terrorism, responding to
China's assertive behaviour in
the region and seeking peace and
stability in South and East Asia as
common factors in the two countries' agendas.
"India has a great deal of experience in dealing with the threat
of terrorism. The US has much to
gain from cooperation with India
on counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism."
The paper said Modi will want
more forceful action against Islamabad on terrorism, arguing
"that only the threat of stronger
sanctions such as sharp cuts to
economic and military assistance
and removal of Pakistan's desig-

nation as a major non-NATO ally
might change its behaviour".
But future Washington action
against Islamabad would hinge
on the course of its involvement
in Afghanistan as Pakistan controls key access to US forces there,
the paper said.
"This will be limiting factor
or something that will affect how
the administration decides to position itself, at least publicly, with
respect to Pakistan," Bouton said
in the interview.
If the US puts more troops on
the ground in Afghanistan, "the
dependence on Pakistanis for
access across their territory and
even use of facilities for the war
in Afghanistan will continue and
will perhaps be enlarged".
However, in private dialogue
with Pakistani leaders, the US
may be "making very clear our
strong concern about renewed
attacks across the Line of Control
or across the border elsewhere
and what the consequences
would be", he said.
Trump's attitude to China has
become more conciliatory because he wants Beijing to manage

the North Korean crisis.
Asked how this would impact
the US-India perceptions of China outlined in the paper, Bouton
said: "North Korea and its nuclear
ballistic missile capabilities are
probably the single most immediate pressing issue in US Asia
policy at this time bar none.
".. So if there are tactical shifts in
the way Trump administration has
chosen to deal with China in this
time frame, they don't necessarily
tell us about the longer time view."
The paper acknowledged
that the two nations' "economic
interests could be an obstacle to
closer partnership". But it added
that "with careful management
and imaginative leadership, (it)
could become a new frontier in
the relationship".
ASPI suggests that the Trump
administration consult India
about changes to the H-1B visa
system (which is used by professionals, particularly in the
technology sector). It suggested
"an economic 'grand bargain' to
dramatically increase economic
cooperation" through a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement

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WORLD

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Mueller: 9/11 FBI head again catapulted into new challenge
WASHINGTON, MAy
18 (AP): Robert Mueller
took office as FBI director
in 2001 expecting to dig
into drug cases, white-collar misdeeds and violent
crime. A week later was
Sept. 11.
Overnight, his mission
changed and Mueller spent
the next 12 years wrestling
the agency into a battlehardened terrorism-fighting force.
Now, Mueller once
again finds himself catapulted into the midst of
historic events: The Justice
Department has named
him special counsel to investigate potential coordination between Russia and
the Trump team during the
2016 presidential election
and related matters.
Republicans and Democrats alike praised Mueller, 72, as someone widely
respected for his integrity
and independence.
As FBI chief, Mueller stood alongside James
Comey, then deputy attorney general, during a
dramatic 2004 hospital
standoff over federal wiretapping rules. The two men
planted themselves at the
bedside of the ailing Attorney General John Ashcroft
to block Bush administration officials from making
an end run to get Ashcroft’s
permission to reauthorize a
secret no-warrant wiretapping program.
Republican Rep Jason
Chaffetz of Utah, chairman of the House oversight committee, tweeted
that Mueller was “a great
selection. Impeccable credentials.”
Senate Democratic
leader Chuck Schumer of
New York said Mueller’s
appointment gave him

“significantly greater confidence that the investigation will follow the facts
wherever they lead.”
Mueller’s effort to shift
the FBI’s top priority from
solving domestic crimes to
preventing terrorism was a
daunting challenge: Even
preventing 99 out of 100
terrorist plots wasn’t good
enough for a traumatized
nation.
In response, the FBI
shifted 2,000 of the 5,000
agents in its criminal programs into national security.
During Mueller’s tenure, terrorists were thwarted in their efforts to bring
down a trans-Atlantic flight
in 2001, a Detroit-bound
jetliner on Christmas in
2009 and U.S.-bound cargo
planes carrying printer cartridge bombs in 2010.
Two terrorist incidents
occurred toward the end of
Mueller’s watch — the Boston Marathon bombing and
the Fort Hood shootings.
Both weighed heavily on
him, he acknowledged in an
interview two weeks before
his departure in 2013.
“You sit down with victims’ families, you see the
pain they go through and
you always wonder whether there isn’t something
more” that could have been
done, he said.
When he became director, Mueller had “expected
to focus on areas familiar to
me as a prosecutor — drug
cases, white-collar criminal
cases and violent crime,” he
said in 2012. Instead, “we
had to focus on long-term,
strategic change. We had to
enhance our intelligence
capabilities and upgrade
our technology. We had to
build upon strong partnerships and forge new friendships, both here at home

Q & A: The mechanics of the
Trump-Russia special counsel
WASHINGTON, MAy 18 (AP): A look
at the powers and limits of Robert Mueller’s new job as special counsel looking at
possible links between Russia and Trump
campaign associates.

and abroad.”
In hindsight, the transformation was largely a
success.
At the time, though, there
were problems and Mueller
said as much. In a speech
near the end of his tenure, he
recalled “those days when
we were under attack by the
media and being clobbered
by Congress; when the attorney general was not at all
happy with me.”
Among the issues: the
Justice Department’s inspector general found that
the FBI circumvented the
law to obtain thousands
of phone call records for
terrorism investigations.
Mueller decided that the
FBI wouldn’t take part
in abusive interrogation
techniques of terrorist suspects, but the policy wasn’t
effectively communicated
down the line for nearly two
years. In an effort to move
the FBI into a paperless
environment, the bureau

Trump willing to try engagement
with North Korea, on conditions
SEOUL, MAy 18 (REUTERS): U.S. President Donald Trump
told South Korea’s presidential envoy that Washington was willing to try to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis through engagement, but under the right conditions, South Korea’s foreign
ministry said on Thursday. Trump has said “a major, major conflict” with North Korea is possible and all options are on the table
but that he wanted to resolve the crisis diplomatically, possibly
through the extended use of economic sanctions.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who took office last
week, has campaigned on a more moderate approach towards
the North but he has said it must change its attitude of insisting on
arms development before dialogue can be possible. Moon’s envoy
to Washington, South Korean media mogul Hong Seok-hyun, said
Trump spoke of being willing to use engagement to ensure peace,
Hong said in comments carried by television on Thursday.
“The fact that Trump said he will not have talks for the sake of
talks reiterated our joint stance that we are open to dialogue but
the right situation must be formed,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck in a regular media briefing. South Korea and
the United States agreed during a visit to Seoul by Trump’s national security advisers this week to formulate a “bold and pragmatic”
joint approach, Cho added.
The North has vowed to develop a missile mounted with a nuclear warhead that can strike the mainland United States, saying the programme is necessary to counter U.S. aggression. The United States,
which has 28,500 troops in South Korea to guard against the North
Korean threat, has called on China to do more to rein in its neighbour.
North Korea conducted its latest ballistic missile test on Sunday in
defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, saying it was a test of its
capability to carry a “large-size heavy nuclear warhead”. But a senior
North Korean diplomat has said Pyongyang is also open to having
talks with Washington under the right conditions.

Philippines declines aid from
the EU to assert independence
MANILA, MAy 18 (REUTERS): The Philippines’ decision to
stop development assistance from the European Union was a
display of the country’s independent foreign policy, a top aide of
President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday. The poor and conflict-hit Southeast Asian country is willing to forego about 250 million Euros ($278.88 million) worth of grants to prevent European
Union from meddling in its internal affairs, Executive Secretary
Salvador Medialdea said.
“We’re supposed to be an independent nation,” he said in a
message to reporters after the president had resented criticism
made by European countries on his war on drugs policy, which
has killed thousands of poor slum dwellers. Almost 9,000 people,
many small-time users and dealers, have been killed in the Philippines since Duterte took office on June 30. Police say about a
third of the victims were shot by officers in self-defense during
legitimate operations.
In October last year, the firebrand leader dared Europe and
United States to withdraw development assistance if they do not
agree with his drug war policy. “We will not beg for it,” he said.
“How do you look at us? Mendicants?” In a press briefing, presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said Duterte had approved a
recommendation from the finance ministry “not to accept grants
that may allow to interfere with internal policies”.
But Economic Planning Minister Ernesto Pernia said Manila’s
decision to cut aid from Europe may still change. “I will not take that
as a policy,” he told reporters. “It is more of a reaction to criticism. I
don’t think it’s going to remain as such.” He said Europe ranks fifth
or sixth largest donor of official development assistance.
The EU has been providing support to Manila’s efforts to end
nearly 50 years of Muslim rebellion in a conflict that has killed
more than 120,000 people, displaced 1 million and stunted growth
in one of the country’s resource-rich regions. Europe granted the
Philippines 130 million euros in development assistance between
2007-2013. In 2015, it pledged 325 million euros over four years to
finance projects in Muslim Mindanao after Manila signed a peace
deal with rebels in March 2014.

spent over $600 million
on computer systems that
were way behind schedule
and in one case had to be
scrapped as obsolete.
For the nation’s premier
law enforcement agency, it
was a rocky trip.
But there were successes as well and an extraordinary vote of confidence:
Congress, at the Obama
administration’s request,
approved a two-year extension for Mueller to remain
at his post until 2013, when
he was replaced by Comey, the director fired last
week by President Donald
Trump.
Mueller was born in
New York City and grew up
outside of Philadelphia. As
a Marine officer, he led a rifle platoon in Vietnam and
was awarded a Bronze Star,
Purple Heart and two Navy
Commendation Medals.
As a federal prosecutor he
rose quickly through the
ranks. And later, as head of

the Justice Department’s
criminal division, he oversaw high-profile prosecutions that brought victories
against targets as varied as
Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega and New York
crime boss John Gotti.
Mueller was driven by
a career-long passion for
the painstaking work of
building successful criminal cases. Even as head of
the FBI, he would surprise
agents by digging into the
details of bureau investigations, some major cases,
others less so — sometimes
surprising agents who suddenly found themselves on
the phone with the director.
“The management
books will tell you that as
the head of an organization, you should focus on
the vision,” Mueller once
said. But “for me there
were and are today those
areas where one needs to
be substantially personally
involved.”

ing Watergate, and they expired in 1999.
The Justice Department created regulations to keep the concept alive in the form
of the special counsel. Patrick Fitzgerald,
the former U.S. attorney appointed to investigate the outing of CIA agent Valerie
Q. What will Mueller do as special Plame, was one.
counsel?
Q. Who will work for the special
A. Mueller is supposed to carry on the
investigation that former FBI Director counsel, and what sort of budget will
James Comey told Congress about before Mueller have?
A. The Justice Department is supposed
he was fired by President Donald Trump.
That includes any links between Trump to supply staff for a special counsel — but
campaign associates and Russia, as well Mueller can request specific people, or reas “any matters that arose or may arise di- quest the hiring of staff from outside the
rectly from the investigation,” according to Justice Department. While working for
Mueller, the staff will report to no one else.
the letter appointing him.
Mueller will have to propose a budget to
Q. What are a special counsel’s the Justice Department within the next 60
days — and update it annually, for as long
powers?
A. Under Justice Department regula- as the investigation runs. There is no expitions, a special counsel has all the author- ration date for Mueller’s authority.
ity of a U.S. attorney, including the abilQ. Could Trump fire Mueller?
ity to initiate investigations, subpoena
A. No, but Attorney General Jeff Sesrecords and bring criminal charges. One
difference, however: Special counsels get sions’ deputy, Rod Rosenstein, could.
to choose whether they inform the Justice Special counsels can be fired only by the
Department what they’re up to. Before “personal action” of the attorney general.
taking “significant” actions, however, the Since Sessions has recused himself from
special counsel must notify the attorney the Trump Russia investigation, Rosenstein — who signed the letter appointing
general.
Mueller as “acting attorney general” — is
Q. Could a special counsel investi- the only person with the authority to curgate things beyond simply the Russia tail Mueller’s work. Such a firing would require a finding of incapacity, misconduct
connection?
A. Mueller has a broad mandate to or “good cause.” Whatever the reason,
determine the course of an investigation, Rosenstein would have to inform Mueller
but not an unlimited one. If he decides in writing.
that something outside the scope of the
Q. Will the results of the investigation
letter appointing him needs investigating,
he would have to ask for permission to ex- become public?
A. Not necessarily. When a special
pand his probe.
counsel closes shop, he or she must give
Q. What’s the difference between a the attorney general a confidential report
special counsel and a special prosecu- explaining the decision to bring charges
or drop the matter. The attorney general
tor or an independent counsel?
A. Independent counsels or special would have to notify Congress of the conprosecutors don’t exist anymore. These are clusion, but can decide whether to make
titles that were established by law follow- the special counsel’s report public.

Microsoft’s free custom support Australia one of world leaders
could have stopped ‘WannaCrypt’ for life expectancy: WHO
NEW yORk, MAy 18 (IANS):
Blaming Microsoft for not providing free custom support to its
customers who were using old
Windows software that may have
slowed down “WannaCrypt” attack, a media report has said the
tech giant charged a fortune for
the custom support for older versions, including Windows XP that
was discontinued in 2014.
According to a report in Financial Times on Thursday, issuing a
free custom support would have
protected the computers from the
ransomware attack.
“But users of older software,
such as Windows XP, have to pay
hefty fees for so-called ‘custom’
support. The cost went from $200
per device in 2014, when regular
support for XP ended, to $400 the
following year. It jumped to $1,000
after that,” the report said.
While Microsoft offered deals
for government agencies during
the first year after the support for
Windows XP was over, it charged

the customers, including Britain’s
National Health Service (NHS), for
the custom support.
NHS, however, abandoned
the custom support for unknown
reasons in 2015 which exposed
it to last week’s ransomeware attack.
Microsoft, however, immediately issued a “free” patch for old
software, including Windows XP,
on Friday midnight when the ransomware attack began spreading.
According to the report, “the
high price highlights the quandary
the world’s biggest software company faces as it tries to force customers to move to newer and more
secure software, while at the same
time earning a profit from the army
of engineers it employs on security
issues”.
The vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows software -- exploited by “WannaCrypt” -- crippled
computers across 150 countries,
with hackers demanding hundreds of dollars from the users for

them to regain control over their
data.
Microsoft has now provided
security updates for all customers
using Windows 8 and Windows
Server 2003, anticipating further
attacks on these earlier platforms
being used by millions.
According to the company,
“customers who are running supported versions of the operating
system (Windows Vista, Windows
Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows
Server 2008 R2, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 10,
Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows
Server 2016) will have received
the security update MS17-010 in
March.
“If customers have automatic
updates enabled or have installed
the update, they are protected. For
other customers, we encourage
them to install the update as soon
as possible,” said Phillip Misner,
Principal Security Group Manager, Microsoft Security Response
Centre.

CANbERRA, MAy 18 (IANS): Australia is one of the
“world leaders” for life expectancy, ranked only behind
Japan, Singapore and Switzerland, according to the
World Health Organisation’s (WHO) latest world health
check. Clean, pollution-free cities and a low smoking
rate are contributing factors in Australia’s exceptional
life expectancy. But spokesperson for the WHO Colin
Mathers said on Thursday that the world’s overall life
expectancy was also increasing.
The data was taken from 194 WHO members, Xinhua news agency reported. Although there are some
very big health issues in Australia and lots of preventable causes of ill health, Australia is one of the world
leaders (in life expectancy), Mathers said.
“It’s an optimistic report. The world’s overall health
is improving. Obviously there are issues and problems
and areas and topics where things are going backwards,
but in the big picture global life expectancy increased by
five years from 2000 to 2015.” Mathers said Australia is
also a leader in a number of key areas.
The death rate of women after pregnancy was
among the lowest in the world, smoking rates were in
the bottom eight in the world with just 16.7% of men being smokers, while Australian cities are ranked among
the cleanest in terms of fine particle pollution in urban
areas. Despite the positives, Australia’s suicide rate
was higher than the world’s average (at 11.8 deaths per
100,000 people), while deaths from domestic violence
and road accidents were not in decline.

New Korean leader’s popularity surges with common man touch
SEOUL, MAy 18 (REUTERS): He removes his
own jacket, brushing off an
aide who tried to take it off
like a butler. He takes questions from journalists without
vetting them first. He gets a $3
lunch with employees at a Blue
House cafeteria and tweets
about his adopted cats and
dogs who found a new home
in the presidential palace.
That may seem unremarkable elsewhere, but newlyelected South Korean President
Moon Jae-in’s “common man”
touch is being feted in a country
more used to authoritarian rule
by aloof leaders.
Moon has hit approval ratings not seen in South Korea for
nearly a decade by standing in
deliberate contrast to his disgraced and impeached predecessor, Park Geun-hye. She was
widely reviled for her disconnected style even before the
damaging bribery scandal that
brought her down in March.
The infatuation may be
short-lived if Moon fails to deliver on key election promises
that resonated with the public, such as boosting jobs and
welfare, reforming powerful
family-run conglomerates and
easing tensions over North Korea’s fast accelerating weapons
programmes.

“Naturally, Moon is having a honeymoon period,” said
Daniel Tudor, an author of
several books on Korean society and politics who briefly advised the Moon campaign. “So
far everything Moon has done
has shown that he has emotional concern for the average
person.”
Moon’s approval rating hit
75 percent, according to polling firm Realmeter. Park’s was
at 55 percent in her first week in
2012, before hitting an all-time
low of 4 percent in March.
‘MESSAGE’ TO PUBLIC
Moon won last week’s election with just over 40 percent of
the votes. Much of his popularity among voters and supporters, most of whom are aged between 20 and 40, was attributed
to his down-to-earth and humble demeanour - an image he
has maintained since becoming the most powerful person
in the country.
Photos of Moon, 64, and
his advisers strolling around
the grounds of the Blue House
presidential office with iced
coffees in their hands went viral on social media and ran on
major newspapers in Moon’s
first few days.
The photos were no accident. Moon himself discussed

South Korean President Moon Jae-in carries a food tray as he
has lunch with technical staff of the Presidential Blue House at
an employee cafeteria of the Presidential Blue House in Seoul,
South Korea on May 12. (REUTERS Photo)

such photo opportunities
with his closest aides, to try to
“send a message” that he will
continue to communicate
with the public, a spokesman
for Moon said.
Sensitive to the influencepeddling scandal that brought
down Park, Moon has also
made a conscious decision
to sideline some of his closest

friends and advisers.
Yang Jung-chul, one of
Moon’s closest aides and an
instrumental member of his
campaign, wrote in a memo
to friends and journalists this
week that his dream came true
when Moon got elected, and it
was now time to leave.
“Let me have the right to be
forgotten,” Yang wrote.

UNSCRIPTED
Other moments are unscripted. A short clip showing
Moon refusing help from an aide
with his jacket, which he casually hung on the back of his chair,
was a hit on social media - along
with pictures of his good-looking bodyguard and some of his
cabinet appointments. Photos
of a younger Moon in his days as
a special forces soldier wearing
a beret and fatigues have been
retweeted thousands of times.
He has moved his pets into
his official residence, much to
the delight of netizens. “Tori”, a
rescue dog, will soon join South
Korea’s “First Cat”, who moved
into the Blue House this weekend, the Moon spokesman said.
Park left her nine pet dogs
behind when she left the Blue
House in March after the Constitutional Court upheld a
parliamentary impeachment
motion against her, drawing
criticism from South Korean
animal rights activists.
“All Korean presidents end
up hated,” Tudor said, referring
to the fact that nearly all former presidents, or their family
members and key aides, have
been embroiled in scandals at
the close of their terms or after
leaving office. “Moon might at
least have a fair chance to buck
that trend.”

FriDAY 19•05•2017

NagalaNd

10

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

NscW organises awareness program in Wokha BJP Peren Executive Meeting held
Wo k h a , M ay 1 8
(MExN): The Nagaland
State Commission for
Women in association with
the National Commission
for Women, New Delhi organised a legal awareness
programme on May 17 at
Town Hall, Wokha.
According to a press
release, Dr Temsula Ao, in
her introductory speech,
highlighted the purpose of
the programme and stated
that 'Human Trafficking'

and 'Missing Person' were
unheard of. This, she noted,
was because parents were
unwilling to participate
due to ignorance. As a result, some agents take advantage and easily recruit
groups of minor to be sold
off elsewhere as forced labour or into prostitution,
she maintained.
Dwelling on tackling Human Trafficking,
she said that such activities cannot be handled

by traditional customary
laws because such diverse
forms can only be dealt by
law enforcing agencies,
with proper networking
of the Police, Labour Department and the NGOs.
“Only then Human Trafficking can be prevented,”
she maintained. The role of
the Church could be significant as even the parents of
victims need counselling,
she added.
Others who spoke at

PErEN, May 18 (MExN):
The 3rd Peren District executive meeting of the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) was held
at the District Party Office Jalukie Town on May 15 at 12:00
noon with Ananta Narayan
Mishra, Organising Secretary, Nagaland. The Meeting was attended by Mghuto
Achumi,DimapurDistrictIncharge, party spokespersons,
State Executive Members,
frontal heads and district executive members.

Mishrahighlightedonthe
party's ideology and strongly
stressed that BJP is for good
governance and claimed that
the party would continue to
be in power till 2024, a press
release informed.
The house along with all
its state and district senior
leaders resolved to field party
candidates in both 6th and
7th Assembly Constituency
of the district for the coming
2018 General Election, the release added.

kohiMa, May 18 (DiPr): A farewell
program for administrative officers, ADC,
Athrila Sangtam, and SDO (C), Atsungba
Walling was held on May 18 at ADC Office Chamber. Outgoing ADC, Athrila
thanked all the officers and the citizens
for their cooperation during her tenure
and encouraged the public, NGOs and
officers in Satakha to be active so that development can take place. Outgoing SDO
(C) Atsungba, SDO R&B Er. Kughashe,
President STH Satakha Aholi, and President Satakha GB Association Kasheto Outgoing ADC Satakha Athrila Sangtam speaks at her farewell proalso spoke on the occasion.
gramme at ADC Office chamber, Satakha on May 18. (DIPR Photo)

Capacity Building Training on NLM

DiMaPur, May 18 (MExN):
ATMA Dimapur (Aghunaqa
Block) conducted demonstration programme at Hozheto village on May 13. Resource person Sentibenla, ATM (Aghunaqa
Block) spoke on the topic “Package practices of green gram
(Moong)” and mentioned that the
kharif crop is sown in June to July.
She highlighted that the crop
needs good rainfall and manure
with 25-40kg per ha of phosphorus (P2O5) and 25kg per ha of
nitrogen (N) given at the time of
sowing. Seed treatment with bio-

fertilizer viz. Rhizobium at the
rate of 25gram per kg of seed is
also beneficial, she added. She
also highlighted on pests like
aphids, thrips, pod borer, diseases like mild dew and leaf spot and
methods to control them.
Demalu Hasnusa, BTM,
Aghunaqa Block spoke on the
topic “Package of Practices for
Maize”. He elaborated on planting methods, nutrient, water
and pests’ management. Maize
seeds (HQPM-1) and green gram
(Moong) PDM 139 variety were
later distributed to the farmers.

blocks of the district, a press release informed.
Topics on various economically important diseases, their
prevention, control measures,
technical indications for a sustainable farm management systems and adoption of Artificial
Insemination (A.I.) in a dairy
farm with various practical
demonstrations on heat detection techniques for right time

insemination, etc. were covered during the three day programme. The resource persons
included: Dr. Ikato, FM. SPBC,
Akuloto; Dr. Bocto Sumi, VAS
Vety. Hospital, Zbto; and Arong
Jamir, Supervisor Vety. Hospital, Zbto.
Group discussions and interactions on practical issues faced
in a farm were also taken up during the programme.

public discourse

A Concerned Citizen’s Appeal
K David

pur/Kohima taxi by some
volunteers at Khuzama
estriction on Se- (Between Police Check
napati to Dimapur Post and Excise) since 8
and Mao Gate to Dima- May 2017 has taken a toll

R

on commutes coming
from and going to Manipur and Nagaland. The
reason for the restriction
is not known. We request

the concern authorities
to bring solution to the
issue and release the restriction for the interest
and benefits of everyone.

The Liberal Democratic approach
Liberal Democratic Party of Nagaland

T

he concept of liberal democracy could be
a complete non existing entity, and based
on the "reality accepting capacity" of the
Nagas, may not even include in Nagas perspective of the elemental chart that gives sense and
meaning to our way of life but just like how according to western knowledge, it has been proved that
our earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa despite without our intelligent capacity to build
our own telescope or sending a satellite in space to
accept those facts, nonetheless the fact/truth still
remains that our earth does revolve around the
sun and that our sun is made up of Hydrogen atoms combining to form Helium atoms by means of
nuclear fusion, during which vast amount of heat,
light and radiation energy is released. With this in
mind one can conclude that neither we Nagas nor
anyone could directly challenge western knowledge
based on the proofs that their researchers have gone
through the trouble to find.
The history of the world speaks that in the affairs
of the state, no other form of ideals like communism,
dictatorship, fascism, monarchy etc. has managed to
satisfy the people of the state as a just government.
It has been the ideals of liberal democracy that has
changed the course of history of any government
from an oppressed deprived society to liberal, socialist-capitalist and rational society (Research on 'it' is
recommended). It is also to be considered that they
(liberal democrats) didn't just accomplish everything
that their rationality led progress overnight, but after the inception with more reforms, even from the
youth's logical perspective about a rational society,
today they are the ones every developing nations look
up to and yearn for.
Having understood, the pattern our Naga society
keeps repeating and the hold of "Ignorance Backed
Corruption" in our system, the few concerned young
adult intellectuals concluded that without a rational cleansing of our Naga methods, to let run in our
society, change in Nagaland is a far cry. Without this
measure the present Nagas can simply accept that a
change of great gravity is not possible in their lifetime
because a few leaders themselves cannot change Nagaland with all their wisdom and flaws unless every
or most people participate in politics in their own capacity because the undeniable fact is, politics affect
not just the state but also our personnel lives.

The LDPN is much obliged with all the organizations who have taken the herculean responsibility
to create legal awareness among various sections of
people in the Naga society. We encourage them to
further continue their great service for the society.
We also thank the others who have taken the initiative of imparting 'Human norms' seminars to the
people. Their hard work will never go in vain as, one
"aware" Naga is a great asset for the Naga kind and
as an Indian and as a Human.
The recent move in Nagaland's policy of development has really impressed the LDPN, when the
DC of Dimapur announced that Dimapur is to receive garbage bins in and around the city, and to every household registered under the DMC. With the
limited fund in our Sate's treasury, we understand of
the difficulties any department would face to complete a long due project, considering the funds of
the project being pocketed by the previous supervisors, nevertheless, it would be productive if the
authorities in the departments would devise "not
much costly" projects (doesn't include cheap components) to add for the welfare of the state. And any
contribution would be great for the people on the
ground that it would be the first.
It would be only for the best if the government
takes the initiative to preserve and ensure the continuance of all the positive logical changes taking place
today that every concerned Nagas has worked hard for,
till today. They should set up a committee to work in
hand with the State's representing "Human Rights" organizations to take legal measures against the extreme
offenders so that people would not just be informed
about it but also feel it and follow it. They should also
implement work sensitivity programs in work places
so that women and weak people wouldn't be bullied
or abused by their employer. Anti-bullying campaign
should be promoted even in schools like in the US. A
help line or a complain line should be advertised in
large billboards across the state so that people could
be consciously aware about it's existence. The human
rights activists must not just be a mere social worker
but also should be committed in saving and protecting the weak and the innocent from the hands of the
tyrants and ignorant bullies.
[Not to show off and endorse the party, but because Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a
real thing that affects our conscious behavior and
decision making, in life and make us less productive
in the society.]

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions
published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

DiMaPur, May 18
(MExN): The District Child
Protection Unit Mokokchung District organized an
Open House Discussion on
“Child Protection Mechanism” at Penli Community
Hall on May 17.
During the event, issues on Child Protection
were discussed in detail
with keynote address by
Sachin Jaiswal IAS Addl.
Deputy Commissioner

Mokokchung and Raitaile
Zeliang, Programme Manager SCPS,Kohima as the
resource person.
The participants, comprising of representatives
of all the Stake holders,
discussed the need to create awareness on child
care and protection from
the grassroot level, a press
release from Moasenla Imchen DCPU Mokokchung
informed.

YGOA General Meeting
DiMaPur, May 18 (MExN): The
Yimchunger Gazetted Officers’ Association has informed that it will
be holding its General Meeting on
June 10, at the Circuit House Dimapur at 10:00 am. A press release
from the association president Dr.
Pensokiu has requested all members to come along with membership fee without fail. Agenda, if any,
can be submitted to the association
General Secretary, Er. T. Muleki
Yimchunger, the release added.

ZuNhEboto, May 18
(MExN): The Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Office, Zunheboto, conducted a three day
capacity building orientation
training programme under National Livestock Mission (NLM)
2015-16 for the block farmers of
the district at Veterinary Hospital
from May 16 to 18. The training
programme was attended by 38
livestock farmers from different

Discussion on 'Child
Protection Mechanism'

Spritual Awakening
Crusade in Tseminyu
tsEMiNyu, May 18 (MExN):
Nagaland Missions Movement
(NMM), the Missions Department of Nagaland Baptist Church
Council (NBCC) in collaboration
with Tseminyu Pastors’ Fellowship
conducted Spritual Awakening
Crusade at Tseminyu Town Baptist Church on the theme Abundant Life: Renewal from March
12–14. Rev. Dr. Hevukhu Achumi,
Executive Secretary, WSBAK and
Rev. Andrew Semp, Director, NMM
were the speakers. According to a
press release from NMM, several
people rededicated their lives to
God in the crusade.

The new Government High School building at Piphema constructed under RMSA was inaugurated by R. Amongla Jamir, Deputy District Education Officer, Dimapur, on May 12 in the
presence of Dr. Kevi Rio, Joint Mission Director (RMSA), officials from District Mission Office,
Dimapur, AHM and staff of GHS and village leaders of Piphema.

The Departments of Economics and Political Science, Phek Government College organized
exposure-cum-educational tour to Meghalaya from May 8 to 12 for the students of 2nd, 4th and
6th semesters. Accompanied by 5 faculty members, 15 students went on the tour and visited
places of significance such as Asia’s cleanest village ‘Mawlynnong’, Aewah Lumshynna Cave,
Living Root Bridge, Nohkolikai falls, Cherrupunjee, NEHU and other recreational places.

GST awareness prog
held in Zunheboto ATMA conducts training at Chenmoho
ZuNhEboto, May 18 (DiPr):
An awareness program on Goods
and Service Tax (GST) organised
by Department of Taxes was held
at Zunheboto Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ZCCI) Office on May 12.
Speaking at the programme as
resource person, Superintendent of
Taxes, Zunheboto, Jimyang Imlong
highlighted the burden of taxes due
to lack of uniformity and said GST is
a win-win benefit for every citizen
adding that it will reduce multiplicity of taxes, reduce prices and provide
a common national market.
Inspector, Bendang spoke on
tax returns under GST regime and
also encouraged entrepreneurs to
approach officials in case of hardships. The programme was attended by government officials, ZCCI
officials and entrepreneurs of Zunheboto town.

MoN, May 18 (MExN): A training programme on “Integrated Farming System”
was conducted by ATMA Mon on May 17
at Chenmoho, Mon.
During the training, resource person
Asangla Ozukum (BTM) explained about
the definition of integrated farming system
(IFS) and spoke on the problems of present day agriculture and how IFS can be
the solution for the farmers. Altogether 23
farmers attended the training programme,

a press release informed.
Ozukum also stressed on the components of IFS, scope of IFS and some few examples of IFS like crop-livestock- fishery
farming system, crop- livestock - fisheryvermicomposting farming system, agrisilvi-apiary system etc. were explained in
detail. She noted that IFS can become a
profitable and viable industry in a country
like ours where economy is largely based
on agriculture.

LBA meeting of Sainik School Punglwa held

PErEN, May 18 (MExN):
The XVII Local Board of Administration (LBA) meeting was held at Sainik School
Punglwa on May 18 under the
Chairmanship of Maj Gen A K
Pattanaik, SM, Chief of Staff,
HQ 3 Corps and Chairman,
LBA.
According to a press release, Sanjay Gaekwad, Principal, Sainik School Punglwa
and Member Secretary of LBA,
presented a detailed report on
various activities undertaken
by the school. The major highlights were school budget for
FY 2017-18, projects under
development at the school, future projects to be undertaken
with the help of Govt of Nagaland and Ministry of Defence
and steps taken to improve the

academics and overall development of the cadets.
The board deliberated on
issues pertaining to the infrastructure development proj-

ects at the school and the various steps taken to improve the
NDA intake of the cadets. The
members of the board were
apprised on the utilisation of

financial grant and the infrastructural development that
are being taken up.
The meeting was also attended by Lt Col Abhishek
Bharddwaj, SO-1 Edn, HQ 3
Corps, Lt Col M K Meitei, Adm
Officer, Dr D J Rajkhowa, Jt Director, ICAR, Pollem Tep, Addl
Director (Sch Edn) & Nodal
Officer, Er Kedovisie B Meyase, Parents’ Rep, T Lankonsen
Tsanglao, SDO (Civil), Jalukie
and Er Ketuoselie Kenguruse,
SDO, PWD(H) Edn Div.
The Chairman also visited the ongoing project sites
and took stock of progress. He
also handed over an OBE Arty
Gun on behalf of 3 Corps to
the school as a souvenir that
has been placed in the school
campus, the release stated.

Friday 19•05•2017

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ocker Chris Cornell, who gained
fame as the lead
singer of the bands
Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52, according to his representative.
Cornell, who had been on
tour, died Wednesday night
in Detroit, Brian Bumbery
said in a statement to The
Associated Press. Cornell
had performed a Detroit
concert with Soundgarden that night.
Bumbery called the
death “sudden and unexpected” and said
his wife and
family were
shocked by
it. The statement said
the family
would be working closely with the
medical examiner to
determine the cause
and asked for privacy.
News of Cornell’s
death prompted scores
of tweets expressing
sadness. Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry tweeted:
“Very sad news about Chris
Cornell today. A sad loss of a
great talent to the world, his
friends and family. Rest In
Peace.”
With his powerful, nearly

four-octave vocal range, Cornell was one of the leading
voices of the 1990s grunge
movement with Soundgarden,
which emerged as one of the
biggest bands out of Seattle’s
emerging music scene, joining
the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam
and Alice in Chains.
Formed in 1984 by Cornell,
guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Hiro Yamamoto, Soundgarden’s third studio album,
“Badmotorfinger,” in 1991
spawned popular singles “Jesus Christ Pose,” “Rusty Cage”
and “Outshined” that received
regular play on alternative rock
radio stations.
Cornell also collaborated
with members of what would
become Pearl Jam to form
Temple of the Dog, which produced a self-titled album in
1991 in tribute to friend Andrew Wood, former frontman
for Mother Love Bone.
Three years later, Soundgarden broke through on
mainstream radio with the album “Superunknown,” which
debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated
for a Grammy for Best Rock
Record in 1995. It included hit
singles “Spoonman,” “Fell on
Black Days,” “Black Hole Sun,”
“My Wave” and “The Day I
Tried to Live.”
Soundgarden disbanded

in 1997 due to tensions in the
band, and Cornell pursued a
solo career. In 2001, he joined
Audioslave, a supergroup that
included former Rage Against
the Machine members Tom
Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim
Commerford. The band released three albums in six
years and also performed at
a concert billed as Cuba’s first
outdoor rock concert by an
American band, though some
Cuban artists have disputed
that claim.
Audioslave disbanded in
2007, but Cornell and Soundgarden reunited in 2012 and
released the band’s sixth studio album, “King Animal” in
2012.
Cornell also released four
solo studio albums and a solo
live album. He also released
the single “The Promise” in
March on iTunes, with all proceeds going to the International Rescue Committee, a global
humanitarian aid, relief, and
development non-governmental organization.
In addition to his music,
Cornell also became involved
in philanthropy and started the
Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation to support children
facing challenges, including
homelessness, poverty, abuse
and neglect.

he general knowledge-based gameshow 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' is
expected to be back on air in
the next two months after its
eighth season in 2014. But
Mirror has learnt that one
of the major changes it is set
to undergo is a replacement
for Amitabh Bachchan.
Both Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit
have been approached to
take over as the new host.
A source from the channel said, "Mr Bachchan's
(Source: AP) daughter-in-law Aishwarya

is among those who has
been approached to take
over as quiz master for season nine. The channel is in
talks with both Madhuri
and Aishwarya." Bachchan's tenure as host had
been interrupted when
Shah Rukh Khan took over
in season three. In all these
years, 'KBC' has never been
hosted by a female celebrity
and the channel is considering Aishwarya and Madhuri because they want to
bring some novelty to the
familiar format.
Source: TNN

ViGO (SPAiN), MAY 18
(iANS): Cristiano Ronaldo contributed a brace as Real Madrid pounded Celta Vigo 4-1 in
a Spanish top division football
match here.
Wednesday night's outcome
leaves Real Madrid needing only
a draw against Malaga next weekend to claim the La Liga title.
The Portuguese international
put the visitors ahead 1-0 in the
10th minute, blasting the ball past
Celta goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez
after a pass from Isco Alarcon.
The hosts, who ended the first
half with a big edge in possession,
appeared to shift into a higher
gear at the half-hour mark.
Daniel Wass was on target
with a direct free kick, forcing
Blancos keeper Keylor Navas to
make a save.
Minutes later, Iago Aspas
missed twice for Celta within 60
seconds and Real Madrid got
lucky in the 38th minute when
the referee missed a clear hand
ball by Raphael Varane on the
edge of the 18-yard box.
Madrid looked set to double
their advantage in the 43rd minute
as Karim Benzema worked a giveand-go with Toni Kroos on the
counter, but Celta defender Gustavo Cabral prevented the Frenchman from getting a shot away.
Celta might have pulled level
just three minutes into the second half if John Guidetti hadn't
thrown away a great opportunity
in the Madrid's penalty area.
Instead, the score moved to
2-0 in favour of Real Madrid as
Ronaldo scored his second of the
night on a lightning counter orchestrated by Alarcon.
The contest slipped into lethargy for a period before the ref-

KOhiMA, MAY 18
(MExN): Morung United
settled for a 2-2 draw on
Thursday against Mustang
FC at the ongoing Morning Premier League here
at Seikhazou Ground, Kohima. Lipok scored early
putting Morung United
ahead 10 minutes into
the match but Mustang
FC managed to level the
score in the 23rd minute
through Imkong.
Six minutes after the
equalizer, Mustang FC
managed to find the target again through Vikou
to hold on to the score line

till the first half.
When the match resumed for the second half,
Morung United's Zabhi
pulled one in for his team
in the 68th minute.
With one point each
added to their tally, the
two teams' positions remain unchanged on the
leaderboard - Morung
United on 6th with 17
points and Mustang FC
on 8th with 8 points.
TODAY’S MATcH
Date: 19-05-2017
All Blacks vs Silver White
Time: 6:00 am

Free football coaching camp at Kma
DiMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): The Nagaland Football Coaches Association (NFCA) will conduct a football
coaching camp at the Kohima local ground from May 22
to May 26. The NFCA in a press release informed that the
camp is being co-sponsored by the Department of Youth
Affairs and Sports, Kohima District Veteran Football Association, Havells Galaxy Kohima and Toyota Okusa Dimapur. The release informed participants aged between 6
to 12 years to register for the camp on May 22 at the venue
(Kohima local ground) by 2:45 pm. For further information, contact Zakietuolie Khrodi at 7005717748, the release informed.

Real Madrid's forward Cristiano Ronaldo kicks the ball to score the opener during the Spanish league football match against RC Celta de Vigo May 17. (AFP Photo)

eree ejected Aspas - Celta's top
scorer - in the 62nd minute on a
second yellow card.
Aspas went down in the Real
Madrid area after contact with
Blancos defender Sergio Ramos.
But rather than penalise the visitors, the referee cited the striker
for simulation and sent him off.

With the fans at Vigo's Balaidos stadium still riled up, the referee went on to overlook a dive by
Ronaldo in the Celta area and a
clear foul by Casemiro, who was
already on a yellow card.
In the 69th minute, Pione
Sisto benefited from a careless
pass by Alarcon and got the ball

to Guidetti, whose shot deflected
off Ramos and past Navas to cut
the Blancos' lead to 2-1.
The comeback was short-lived,
however, as Benzema scored for
Real Madrid a minute later.
Ronaldo was poised to complete the hat trick in the 75th minute, but squandered the chance.

The fourth goal for Real Madrid
came with two minutes left in
regulation, when Kroos converted with an assist from Benzema.
With 90 points, three ahead
of second-place Barcelona, Real
Madrid can clinch the league title
with a draw in the season's final
match.

State badminton c’ship

DiMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): The Nagaland Badminton Association (NBA) has informed all the district
badminton associations, including the Nagaland Police that the 41st Inter District & State Open Badminton
Championship 2017 will be hosted by the Nagaland
Police at Chumukedima from July 11 to 14. All the categories, including veterans, will be played in the same
tournament as the part to be hosted by the Phek District Badminton Association stands cancelled due to
unavoidable circumstances. The NBA asked all the
district badminton associations, including Nagaland
Police, to conduct district tournaments at the earliest
and prepare teams accordingly.

Monaco claim first English FA approves retrospective bans for diving
"Should a charge of 'SucMAY 18 (REU- tions, incidents involving at an opponent) which was not
title in 17 years LONDON,
1st Open Futsal tournament
TERS): Players will face a players who deceive a match seen at the time by the match cessful Deception of a Match

PARiS, MAY 18 (REUTERS): Monaco claimed
their first Ligue 1 title in 17 years with one game to
spare when they beat St Etienne 2-0 at home on
Wednesday to bring an end to Paris St Germain's
four-year reign as champions.
Monaco, who took their tally in a swashbuckling season to 104 goals, needed a draw to be
guaranteed top spot but got over the line in style
with efforts from Kylian Mbappe and Valere Germain to lift them to 92 points, six ahead of PSG.
Leonardo Jardim's side built their success
around a devastating attack featuring French
prodigy Mbappe and the resurgent Radamel
Falcao, who have been fed all season by Portugal
hope Bernardo Silva and young French international Thomas Lemar.
With midfielder Fabinho and talented fullbacks Djibril Sidibe and Benjamin Mendy adding to their forward firepower, Monaco were a cut
above the rest -- even PSG.
The title put them joint third in the professional era with Nantes on eight titles behind St
Etienne (10) and Olympique de Marseille (9).
"PSG are used to being champions, that's the
logic. But once in a while we can win one title
and that's an achievement. It's time to celebrate
now," said Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim.
Mbappe, whose performances have made
him one of Europe's most coveted young players, added: "We reached our goal, we managed
to keep PSG and Nice at bay. They sustained the
pace for most of the season, but we hung on."
Monaco controlled the game until the final
whistle as they snatched their 17th win from 19
homes games, having scored a massive 63 goals
at the Stade Louis-II.

two-match retrospective ban
for diving from the start of next
season after the English Football Association (FA) approved
a new rule to combat simulation in an annual general
meeting on Thursday.
Under the new regula-

official into awarding their
team a penalty or sending off
an opponent can be reviewed
by a three-man independent
panel. "This process would be
similar to the one used now for
a red card offence (violent conduct/serious foul play/spitting

officials but caught on camera," the FA said in a statement.
The FA will only be able to
impose the ban if the panel's
decision is unanimous. The
panel will consist of one exmatch official, one ex-manager and one ex-player.

Official' be admitted or found
proven, the Independent Regulatory Commission will have
the power to rescind the caution or dismissal received by
the opposing player as a result
of the simulation if it chooses
to do so."

McGregor signs deal for Mayweather fight
LOS ANGELES, MAY 18 (REUTERS): The long-rumoured bout
between undefeated American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and
mixed martial arts champion Conor
McGregor is halfway to becoming a reality after the Irish signed a deal for the
fight, it was announced on Wednesday
night.
UFC President Dana White broke
the news during a television interview
for TNT following the NBA’s Eastern
Conference Finals matchup.
"The McGregor side is done, I'm
starting to work on the Mayweather
side now," White said. "I've got one
side done. If we can come to a deal
(with Mayweather) the fight will happen." McGregor confirmed the deal in
a statement released to Themaclife.
com. "The first, and most important
part of this historic contract has now

KOhiMA, MAY 18 (MExN): A three day long 1st
Open Futsal tournament under the aegis of Naga FC
got underway here today at the Kohima Local Ground.
The tournament was formally kicked off by Dr. Viketoulie Pienyii.
Altogether 45 teams have registered for the tournament which will conclude on May 20.

officially been signed off on. Congratulations to all parties involved. We
now await Al Haymon and his boxer’s
signature in the coming days," the
statement read. Terms of the deal were
not announced.
McGregor, 28, is the biggest pay-per-

view draw in UFC’s mixed martial arts
while the 40-year-old Mayweather retired in 2015 with a 49-0 record. The two
sides have been exchanging verbal spats
and challenges for several months.
The proposed bout would be straight
boxing match.